Chapter 79: Nervous
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A long, hot shower. Rias repressed a shudder of disgust at having even allowed that Devil to touch her so intimately.
If only she had managed to sleep with Issei before Grayfia interfered, then the engagement would have been broken off as a result of her unfaithfulness.
"Let it go." She spat, her disgust with her fiancée almost palpable. "Why don't you understand? I have no intention of every marrying you.
" Rias would almost rather give up her claim as Gremory Heiress than chain herself down to Riser's side for the rest of her life.
Almost.
"But my darling." Riser spoke patronizingly. "Riser knows that your family situation doesn't allow the privilege of choice." That was kind of the point of an arranged marriage after all.
"To keep the Seventy-Two Pillars from losing anymore pure Devils, that is why this marriage was arranged by our parents so many years ago." Riser tossed his right hand in the air dismissively and crossed his legs.
"We're already down to thirty-three pure families, we can't afford to lose anymore. Our children will help keep Devil blood pure for future generations, and with how many Pureblooded Devils that have fallen, both in the war and during this so-called ceasefire, it makes even more sense to have two High-Class bloodlines merge does it not?" If one did not care to consider feelings in the equation, each point made by Riser had validity to it.
Still… Rias refused to accept this as her fate.
"I don't care." Rias declared vehemently, her anger flashing in her eyes. "I am the next head of the House of Gremory, I will choose who becomes my husband, no matter what you, my brother, or our parents say!" Her hand was thrown out to her side and her declaration silenced whatever Riser planned on saying next.
"I don't care if that means the only new blood in our society will come from Reincarnated Devils, just because they were once something different doesn't mean that they can't become just as strong as Pureblooded Devils." Rias put her hand over her heart and spoke with conviction.
She would rather see Pureblooded Devils go extinct than marry Riser.
She didn't care if a Devil was born a Devil or reborn from a different species, that belief was reflected in her Peerage. Human, Fallen, Nekoshou, Dhampir. She didn't care. She refused to accept the argument that purity of the bloodline was more important than anything else, the belief that so many had succumbed to down in Hell.
"So, you think that your Peerage is a match for one filled with Pureblooded Devils?" Riser spoke ominously after a moment before flames erupted behind him with a screech.
Lelouch once again felt the urge to wipe out ever spark of that flame from existence before he crushed it. For some reason, the sensation he had felt twice now felt different from when he suppressed his Wrath. This sensation was something more… than hatred.
He felt like those flames were an insult to his very existence. It was… very odd.
Fifteen women appeared behind Riser, a variety of appearances among them. Lelouch's eyes scanned them all, noting one that caught his attention more than the others. The Black Knight's eyes narrowed.
'Is that his sister?' He wondered silently, analyzing what similarities he could see between a teenage girl who had a similar appearance to Riser. Her energy felt similar, the same kind of disgusting flames Riser's energy held inside of him were inside her too.
"Behold, the great Riser Phenex's Peerage." Riser spoke arrogantly, his arms spread grandly as he introduced his Peerage to everyone. "My Peerage is complete, unlike your ragtag group." Riser's teeth were bared in an arrogant grin.
"If you truly don't wish to continue through with our marriage, then I may just have to destroy your Peerage and take you to Hell by force."
At that remark, things deteriorated rather quickly.
Koneko stood from Lelouch's lap and put up her fists, prepared to use her enormous strength to defend Rias.
Lelouch rose to stand next to her just as quickly as he allowed his eyes to flicker from red to violet repeatedly as a bluff while he slowly gathered what little energy he had available around his right hand. Smoke slowly rose and gave him an eerie aura as it slowly snaked its way towards his shoulder.
Kiba immediately took Koneko's opposite side, prepared to draw a blade at a moment's notice.
Akeno stood next to Rias, who was suddenly too close to Riser for anyone's comfort, lightning flickering between her fingers.
Asia stood tall behind everyone, scared out of her mind but willing to do her best to heal anyone who got hurt if it all escalated into a fight.
Issei charged forward, summoning his Boosted Gear in an instant. As he prepared to punch Riser's smug face, a young woman with a staff intercepted him and knocked him into the ceiling harshly.
Issei grunted as he hit the roof before gravity kicked in and he landed like a lump in the middle of the table, crushing it beneath his weight. "BOOST!" To add insult to injury, his Boosted Gear chose that moment to give Issei a power increase.
"Everyone." Rias murmured, touched by the actions her Peerage had taken to protect her at the slightest hint of a serious threat from Riser.
"Please stop, or else I will be forced to step in." Grayfia's voice was ice cold as she cut through the tension. "In the name of my King, the Lord Lucifer, I will not hold back if I am forced to stop all of you." Her tone brooked no argument and things slowly scaled back down.
Riser sighed, nervous sweat dripping down his cheek. "To face the Strongest Queen, not even I am prepared for that. Lord Lucifer's Peerage are said to be filled with utter monsters, I'm not willing to test that rumor with his Queen.
" Riser was arrogant and prideful, but he knew who was untouchable, and Sirzechs was certainly one of the individuals on that list.
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