Chapter 54: A War of Intellect
"It seems we're missing one," Ajuka joked, smiling pleasantly at Sirzechs and Falbium as they sat around a large round table.
"I'm sure you already knew that," Sirzechs replied dryly, leaning forward in his chair, "Serafall went into the Familiar Forest yesterday with the 'Beast King' and never came back."
"Eh? So she gets to push her duties off on us and go hang out with her sister?" Falbium groaned, the lazy man reclining so far back in his chair that it looked like it might fall over, "That's not fair."
"I'm sure she's not just 'hanging out' with her sister," Sirzechs hummed, nodding gratefully as his wife and maid, Grayfia, placed a cup of tea in front of him. "Why did you let her go, Ajuka?"
"Let her go?" Ajuka continued to smile pleasantly as he grabbed his own teacup. "Serafall left without informing anyone."
"This is a serious matter, Ajuka," Sirzechs smiled back, though his teacup cracked lightly from his grip on it, "Rias is being held hostage by that man. I'd appreciate it if you took this seriously."
The trio of Maou, along with Grayfia, were sitting in a large meeting room to discuss the disappearance of the final Maou: Serafall Leviathan.
"Nothing in this world is certain," Ajuka said vaguely, "How could I stop something I didn't know would happen?"
"What was the probability that Serafall would make contact with the Beast King alone?" Sirzechs asked, his usual smile starting to wane.
"Alone? 57.5%," Ajuka answered easily.
"Now, what odds do you say justify action?"