Chapter 43: Sacrifice
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She allowed multiple snakes to form from underneath her new dress and devour the body before her, gaining a little bit more energy from the sacrifice of the Fallen Angel's corpse, but her attention was focused on the familiar, yet unnamed taste she sensed in the energy she had consumed.
"So." She spoke aloud to no one, testing out her new voice. "My experiment was a success." She felt some annoyance before allowing it to fade.
She didn't like being wrong, especially about one of her many efforts bearing fruit when she thought it had been a failure.
Ophis frowned in confusion, looking up to the sky questioningly. "Demon Emperor, where are you?" The Dragon God wanted to know where the one she had gifted with some of her power in one of many attempts to rid herself of Great Red had gone off to.
And what a Dragon wanted, a Dragon got. No matter how long it took.
the same. Akeno revealed hers next, some kind of strange emerald imp creature.
Issei reacted with wonder, before turning to turning to Koneko. "And what's yours?" He asked the petite Devil.
"Not telling." Koneko said, smirking slightly at Issei's despondent look and Lelouch's quiet snort of amusement.
"Mine's pretty badass." Kiba said, before Issei waved him off. Lelouch wasn't surprised in the slightest.
"If you want Issei to be interested in your Familiar you'd need to grow a pair up top Kiba." Lelouch said dryly with a smirk, gesturing around his chest.
That drew a snort of amusement from Rias, Akeno, and Kiba, especially as Issei was halfway through a nod of agreement before he processed what Lelouch had said.
"Screw you." Issei deadpanned at Lelouch, even though the dark-haired boy was entirely correct.
"Sorry, don't swing that way." Lelouch quipped eyes closed as he leaned back comfortably, preparing for the coming storm his next comment would set off.
"Surprised you do though. Perhaps your interest in breasts is compensating for a more… closeted interest?"
Koneko coughed hard next to him while Kiba and Akeno outright laughed as Issei went on an impassioned defense of his love for all things breast related. Rias just smiled, though her shoulders were shaking.
"You're just digging yourself deeper, you know that right?" Akeno said amusedly, Issei's mouth clicking shut as his blush burned bright in the light of the setting sun.
"Familiars are an important part of being a Devil." Rias retook control of the conversation and redirected it to get them back on track.
"When you need them they're always there to back you up." She hoped Lelouch wouldn't antagonize Issei any further, even though watching the resulting interaction was highly amusing.
"Well that's just great." Asia said sadly. "Now only if we knew where to get them." Her soft sigh of disappointment pulled at Rias' heartstrings and she decided to get to the main point of this meeting before a knock sounded at the club's door.
"Yeah?" Akeno called out, Rias still somewhat confused as she looked at the door. She hadn't been expecting anyone this late in the day.
Lelouch opened his eyes and blinked as he noticed the Student Council walk in. "Hey Sona." He greeted with a slight wave while Issei reacted with confusion.
"Nice to see you, Lelouch." She responded with a small smile. "Haven't had to replace yours or Akeno's uniform for a while, are you two finally finished?" Her wording drawing Issei's attention as his imagination ran wild.
"Wait, what were you and Akeno up to?" He demanded, his face getting a jealous look.
"We've been having a hot, passionate affair behind everyone's backs." Lelouch deadpanned before grunting in pain at Koneko's elbow buried in his side. 'I think my rib cracked.' He winced in pain. Damn, he kept forgetting about Koneko's strength.
Issei ignored that, but noticed Akeno's giggles which just cemented Lelouch's statement in his mind.
"Teach me oh great one!" He got on his knees and begged. "Teach me your techniques and I'll be your loyal student!" He groveled as he grabbed Lelouch's shoe before getting kicked in the face.
"It was a joke you ass." Koneko deadpanned as she set her leg back down, feeling a mild satisfaction as Issei fell on his back after flying a few feet.
She had held back so she didn't break his neck. "A rather bad one at that." Koneko glared slightly at Lelouch for his joke, noting with some remorse he was still rubbing his side. She sat back down next to him and mumbled out an apology.
Lelouch watched Koneko's kick send Issei away from him absentmindedly rubbing his side as the pain from Koneko's elbow strike started to wear off. "Sorry." She mumbled next to him and he just shook his head, indicating it wasn't necessary. "It's fine." He murmured before turning his attention back to Issei.
"She's right, we've actually been training after classes and Akeno kept destroying my uniform." He shrugged, ignoring the slight flare of pain from his side.
"Eventually I managed to give as good as I got and Sona had to keep replacing our uniforms." He nodded in thanks at the Student Council President, sitting back to loosen the muscles a little in his side so he wouldn't cramp up. "But lately we haven't really needed to do that."
"Why are you here Sona?" Rias asked her friend after Lelouch finished his explanation. Issei was still rubbing his cheek and Rias made a mental note to up his training if Koneko's simple kick managed to hurt him that much.
"I wanted to congratulate you on increasing the number of your servants by three over the past month." Sona answered, causing Issei to realize what that statement implied. "That's rather impressive after all."
"Hang on." Issei stuttered out. "How does she know about that?" He blinked as he realized that Lelouch hadn't had any compunction against mentioning Devil training in front of her either.
"Her real name's Sona Sitri." Akeno explained to Issei, having taken on the role of teacher naturally for Rias' newest Devils.
"She's not just Student Council President, she's also the heir to the House of Sitri, a High-Ranking Devil family in the Underworld."
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