Syr rested her chin on her right arm and asked, "Such as?"
"One of those was to confirm my guesses."
"What I just did for you. What else?"
"Also to ask you to promise not to interfere with my girls."
"..." Syr pouted her mouth, "Say, what do you think of me? Be honest."
Kisuke stared straight into her eyes and with a straight face, he answered without any hesitation, "A perverted stalker."
Syr's face instantly crumpled up. She never would have thought that someone who knew her true identity would say that to her face. Unfortunately, although it was for her 'love', if one were to indeed describe her past actions, 'perverted stalker' would be a very term and she couldn't refute it, "...Can't you word that in a nicer way?"
"I can reword it, but not nicely. How about a deviant observer?"
Syr's face crumpled even more.
"No? Then degenerate pursuer? Sicko chaser is also good."
At that description, Syr started waving her hand wildly at him, "Stop, stop, stop! That's enough! It's getting worse! I get it! I fully understand your impression of me!"
Kisuke stopped speaking and continued sipping on his hot chocolate.
Meanwhile, Syr could only sigh and just choose to move on, "And? Why would you think that I'm going to interfere with their activities?"
While looking at his cup, Kisuke muttered, "Because I have a feeling that you're slowly losing interest over that boy."
Syr's eyes widened for a moment before frowning, "What are you talking about?"
Stirring the cup, Kisuke continued, "You know what I'm talking about. He's bright, I give you that. He also has a lot of potentials, however, that's about it. On top of being naive and ambitionless, he's also chasing after a nonexistent back. Sooner or later, he'll also forget that goal and would be satisfied with the way things are."
"And even if you create an artificial stage for him to grow, you know that there are limits to that. You're also worried that you might overestimate him and just outright kill him."
"I see that you also have the ability to see souls. It's probably because of this that you were able to see through my 'avatar' and you're also probably the person you gave Bell that strange weapon." Syr then leaned back to her chair, "However, you're wrong about some things."
"Oh? Mind enlightening me to what those are?"
"First of all, despite describing him as an indecisive boy, his soul is still the most beautiful and clean one that I've ever seen. And if I accidentally kill him one day, then I'd just ascend back to Heaven and embrace his soul there."
Kisuke could only smile wryly at her response, "You're crazier than I thought."
"Compared to other Deities, I'm just above average."
"Then the Deities are crazier than I initially thought." If Hestia were to hear these words from his mouth, however, she'd point out that he's also above average. Then again, she hasn't experienced anything 'crazy' from Kisuke aside from pushing Sona, Koneko, and Aika to the verge of death.
"But I can now understand that we see souls differently. While you're more interested in 'beauty', I'm actually more interested in 'personality'. Describing it further, you're more interested in the 'destination' while I'm more interested in the 'journey'."
Kisuke had only ever seen a soul color similar to Bell's from two different individuals. First was Ichigo's soul, while the second one was Issei's soul. However, Ichigo's soul shined brightly when he was trying his best to protect the weak and those who are important to him. Issei's, on the other hand, shined brightly with his desires and ambitions. Meanwhile, despite being similar to those two, Bell's soul only shined. If Kisuke were to describe it, it didn't have any personality, or it hadn´t developed anything yet despite reaching this stage of life.
While thinking about that, Kisuke muttered, "Sure, his soul is an amazing sight, but it's also one of the most boring souls that I've ever seen."
For Kisuke it was just an honest opinion, but for Freya who was currently in Syr's appearance, it was an insult. An insult to her aesthetics.
Kisuke saw her expression and immediately said, "Before you misunderstand, I'm not saying that the way you look at things is bad. It's just that we have different perspectives in regards to this. It's the same as the saying 'one man's trash is another man's treasure'."
Syr was able to calm down after hearing that, "I'm sorry for such a display. I jumped to the wrong conclusion." While sighing, she added, "But boring, huh? Such brilliance is boring?"
"If it's just brilliance, then Cranel-san is just above average." When he thought about the characters that really shined, Bell Cranel fell far short in comparison to them. One example of it was Kenpachi with his blinding desire for battle.
Syr was shocked yet again. Even if Bell's 'color' was disregarded, his soul was still one of the brightest she had ever seen. For Kisuke to claim otherwise, she could only murmur, "Just what have you seen?"
"People who cultivated themselves beyond common sense. Unlike Bell, those people have 'flaws', but in my opinion, those 'flaws' are the things that pushed them to such heights. The 'flaws' that aren't needed to attain Godhood."
That statement from Kisuke immediately sent multiple meanings towards Syr, which she couldn't believe. First is the fact that she didn't catch any lies about Kisuke meeting such people and the second was the hint from him that he knew, or at least, had some clues on how to become a Deity.
For the first part, she still could believe it as she hadn't met all the people in the entire world. However, for the problematic second part, it was a secret that not all Deities were aware of and those who knew about it would keep it to themselves and never revealed it among the residents of the Lower World.
The biggest reason why Freya was very attracted to Bell was not just his 'color and brilliance' but his 'flawlessness' that could potentially earn him a seat among the Deities, which would allow him to stand equal with her.
If Kisuke knew the conditions to attain Godhood, it could also mean that someone had already succeeded, but no Deities were aware of it.
Such a thing would send waves to all those in Heaven and would start a brand new era, not just for Gods, but also Demigods.
For the first time, Syr couldn't keep her composure and stutter, "J-just what do you know? And what are you, really?"
Editors:
28th00: Well, it’s really simple and easy to find out in DxD. It’s almost common knowledge there even! A pretty large % of the gods there had human or mortal origins. Protagonist Soul colours huh? Wait, does Bell not have Realis Phrase yet? That’d explain the “Lack” in his soul.
Alexander: Well, he didn't meet the Xenos yet, did he? I´ve only read the wiki, but it seems that he only found his life goal after interacting with individuals like Wiene.
Goyya: He already has his Realis Phrase. But since it’s from Medusa, his feelings became that of admiration of something almost ‘not realistic’. On top of that, he didn’t have much challenges because Sona and co are stealing the spotlight from him. And even if he has his ‘normal’ brilliance, it still won’t interest Kisuke since he’s still much more interested in Ichigo, who’s willing to go through lengths like facing his ‘dark side’ willingly, without being pushed, to save his important ones and Issei, for his plain ‘dumb’ desire that would extend to no end.
Compared to them, Bell just wanted to keep his life normal with some excitement from Adventuring and a vague desire to be a ‘Hero’.
In my opinion, he isn’t as interesting as the former two for being a ‘Generic Protagonist’.
"J-just what do you know? And what are you, really?" Syr couldn't help but stutter.
However, Kisuke didn't entertain her question, finished his drink, and stood up, "It's about time we cut this short."
Since he'd already reached his goal of further 'poking the hornet's nest', he decided to go back.
Obviously, Syr was reluctant, very reluctant. If before, Kisuke was just a mysterious and amusing child, now he looked like a bottomless abyss. It became clear to Syr... Freya, that everything Kisuke had shown her was fake without her seeing through it. She thought that she knew, or at least, had a clue to what he could do, but it turned out that everything was just her misconception that Kisuke intentionally fed to those who were watching him. On top of that, it seemed that he knew so much more about her than she'd originally thought.
The combination of those gave Freya a strange mixture of confusion, suspicion, curiosity, fear,... and exhilaration. A contrasting feeling that was born from the fact that she was a Goddess with the ultimate dream of finding her 'eternal companion'.
But regardless of what she thought, Kisuke had already decided to leave and continue this at another time. By revealing small bits of information, he would be able to get her attention away from Sona, Aika, and Koneko. And even if she decided to interfere despite that, she'd have second thoughts.
Seeing that Kisuke didn't stop cleaning up, Syr gritted her teeth, 'You're forcing my hand.'
Even though she didn't want to use it, the desire to know more pushed her to a decision to use her power, "Kisuke-san."
Calling out to him, their eyes met and Syr's eyes turned pink and glowed brightly, "Tell me who you really are and what you know."
However, the result that she was presented with was far from desirable, as Kisuke just stared at her for a few seconds before chuckling, "Save your efforts. That sort of thing won't work on me."
Syr's eyes widened even further. As a matter of fact, she was actually using her charm ability to the limit without revealing her Arcanum. It was her first time using this ability to this extent, as even in those instances that she used it on other people, it wasn't even half of this.
'F-for it to be totally disregarded... Is it his natural resistance?... Or could it be...' She didn't want to think about it, the possibility of Kisuke having a stronger soul than most Gods. It really wasn't possible within her common sense.
Because if Kisuke really did have such a strong soul, in accordance to the rules of this world, he would have ascended as a God, but clearly, the person in front of her was not a Deity, nor did he have any indications that he was about to become one.
So it was only natural that Freya would conclude that it was because of his natural resistance. The main reason why she didn't want to use her charming ability as much as possible was that it wrapped her target's soul with her own 'color' and even after she stopped using it, it'd linger for some time, and for those with a very low soul strength, they'd be tainted by her 'color' until they go through reincarnation.
She assumed that Bell had a natural resistance due to his 'brilliance' and 'flawlessness', but even then, he couldn't possibly resist her charm's full power, which was a lot stronger than most Goddesses of Beauty due to the other Authorities that compounded her Divinity.
Syr could only stare with her eyes shining in power as Kisuke continued cleaning up without minding her. More than ever, she wanted to see through his soul which was covered by the dirty gray fake soul. Nevertheless, she didn't know how he hid his soul nor did she have any ability at her disposal to peer through it without breaking the rules of the Lower World.
But because of a certain someone, her wish that she thought couldn't be granted, would be realized. Whether it was a fortunate or unfortunate event, even Kisuke didn't expect such a thing would happen.
While Kisuke was disregarding that mild prickly feeling that was coming from Syr, his Reiatsu-Ki started stirring up from the depths of his consciousness and he immediately figured out what was happening, 'Benihime!?'
From within his inner world, Benihime was trying to materialize herself in the outside world without Kisuke's permission. With a great deal of intensity, Benihime replied, 'Let me slice and dice that woman!'
'Stop! It doesn't affect me in any way! Why are you doing this!?' However, due to her sudden movement, Kisuke failed to contain the exponentially expanding Reiatsu-Ki that instantly broke his carefully crafted cover and revealed what his soul looks like to Syr.
Kisuke did his best to contain Benihime, who was now running wild and heard her say, 'I know you're not affected, but the feeling she is giving me, I don't like it! I want to cut her up! Release me and let me cut her up!'
Meanwhile, Syr could only stare blankly at Kisuke, more specifically, his soul, despite the perilous threat breathing down on her that was coming from him, '...What... is this?'
Within Syr's eyes was Kisuke's reflected soul. All souls, even those of Deities, had the basic form of an orb from her perspective. Although there were individual differences, it didn't go much beyond that.
Kisuke's soul, on the other hand, while still in the shape of an orb, its blinding crimson brilliance was something she'd never witnessed before and the two halo rings caught her attention even more.
These two halo rings were placed on the top and bottom of Kisuke's spherical soul, radiating the power of opposing forces. The white halo ring on top emitted a power that could be interpreted as 'salvation' and 'order', while the black halo ring's power could be expounded as 'destruction' and 'chaos'.
Innumerable questions flooded Syr's mind, so much that she was paralyzed in place, like, 'How come his soul is too 'bright'?', 'How come his soul is too 'clean'?', or 'How come his soul's form is different from the rest?'
But even with those in mind, the question that bothered her the most was, 'How come his soul hasn't torn itself apart?'
With such extreme opposing forces, she couldn't fathom how Kisuke could still exist and what had he done to achieve this monstrosity?
A few seconds later, Kisuke was able to forcibly suppress Benihime and returned the dirty veil on his soul. It was only then that he was able to give some attention to Syr. When he looked at her, Kisuke noticed her slackened expression and minutely shaking body, 'Haah... Now how should I go through with this?'
While thinking about what to do next, Syr was finally able to get hold of herself after the view of his soul disappeared and asked with a shaking voice, "You... Just what are you?"
To that question, Kisuke smiled and answered, "Obviously, a Human~!"
Editors:
28th00: Ah, Benihime hates mind controlling voyeurs. Gotcha. Kisuke is very much not a human. He’s some sorta soul chimera monster at the moment actually. Half-Devil Body too. I guess that Captain-class soul entities were effectively their literal namesake, Death Gods. Zanpakuto are pretty divine in their esoteric prowess, usually.
Alexander: Whelp. I knew it. Now he got her interest. I sincerely hope that she won't fall for him. But I dare say that Benihime will hinder her, being the Yandere she is. No one is allowed to touch her possession, except Ophis maybe.