Chapter 110: Euphie

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" With that, Akeno turned on her heel, adding a bit of sway to her hips, and left the Knight and Rook alone to go to sleep.

While she hadn't expected being able to get her feelings out to Lelouch so soon, she took the chance she saw available. While her answer would likely take up until the time limit, she could be patient.

Akeno just hoped it was the answer she wanted.

Lelouch knew the morning was going to be awkward when he woke up with his arms pinned to his side and Koneko's glare boring holes into his skull.

A magic circle appeared next to her head. "He's awake now, Lady Rias." Was all she said and the circle vanished before another, much larger one, appeared at the foot of his bed to reveal Rias dressed in a robe with a towel in her hair and a brush in her hand.

She had gotten out of the shower or hot springs recently, Lelouch deduced, though he wasn't willing to bet shower considering how much he knew she loved the hot springs.

'Ah, shit.' That's why these two were in his room right now. "I will swear on whatever you want me to that I wasn't spying on you in the hot springs.

Either of you." Lelouch deadpanned, hoping that would be enough. When Koneko's grip got tighter, he assumed that wasn't the case.

Rias had a stern look on her face as she responded to his statement. "I want you to swear on what you hold most dear to you that you were not deliberately spying on us while we were bathing in the hot spring."

Lelouch gulped before he replied. 'What I hold most dear huh.' "I swear on the grave of my little sister Euphie and my memories of her as well as Nunnally's life that I did not see either of you bathing in the hot spring nor did I intend to.

I was just trying to escape and hide from Akeno so I could recover and hopefully stay hidden until she got sick of training me.

The only thing I heard was your conversation." Rias maintained her stern look before her lips twitched and she giggled.

"I know, Akeno told me that you were hiding from her before she scared you." Rias accepted Lelouch's words as the extra confirmation she desired and signaled to Koneko that she could let him go.

As the Knight and Rook sat up before Rias, she frowned a little. Rias hadn't been concerned about her privacy, but Koneko had been pissed when she thought that her privacy was invaded by Lelouch.

Akeno had been rather concerned after the stone cracked from Lelouch's impact and hurried to explain everything before Rias called for Asia to heal him.

Thankfully, it appeared Akeno hadn't been wrong. She would have hated for Lelouch to have ruined the friendship she could see he had with Koneko.

"How much of the conversation between Koneko and I do you remember?" Rias asked to see if he had any questions, Lelouch's eyes closing as he sighed in relief.

Lelouch closed his eyes with a breath. It was painful, but he could recall a few things. "I heard everything starting from your rather honest assessments of Issei, Asia, and I." He admitted as he sat up next to Koneko, whose glare had lessened at his earlier answer.

She was still annoyed with him though, or at least he assumed as much considering she was currently refusing to look him in the eye as she stared angrily at the wall.

Her arms were crossed as she sat by his side, rather than in his lap like she normally did, so he took that as a sign he'd need to get some more sweets to bribe her later.

"So you heard everything then." Rias hoped Lelouch wasn't too upset with her characterizations.

"Do you have anything you want to ask?" If he had heard the start of the conversation then he had also learned about her other Bishop during his eavesdropping.

"Are you willing to tell me a little more about Gasper?" Lelouch asked, curious to meet the Bishop Rias had kept hidden at said Bishop's request. He thought it would be interesting to meet the last of Rias' Peerage.

Rias thought about it before she shook her head. "Perhaps it would be better to show you rather than tell you.

Get dressed, I'll take you to visit Gasper with me in a few minutes." Rias summoned another magic circle and teleported back to her room so she could finish cleaning up.

It was early in the morning, but hopefully Gasper would be calmer since it was early. She hoped that would help prevent things from becoming too much for the poor boy.

When Rias vanished, Lelouch looked at Koneko, whose ears and tail had been freed from her concealment spell.

They were still twitching in irritation, but Lelouch decided to try and smooth things over. "Shirone…" He paused, wondering why she was still upset with him.

"You know I was telling the truth, right?" Lelouch asked, blinking in confusion when the teenaged Nekoshou turned around and glared at him with red cheeks as she pouted.

Shirone stared at Lelouch. She was upset and her face was flushed, but she still couldn't get her stupid heart under control.

Just staring at him made it beat faster than usual. "I know." She mumbled through a pout. "It's just…" The fifteen-year-old paused before she sighed, standing from her position on her friend's bed. "Nevermind.

" As the Nekoshou turned to leave, the Knight grabbed her hand to prevent her.

"You're acting rather odd, you know." Lelouch stated the obvious. "What's wrong?" He wanted to help his friend, but if he didn't know what was bothering her he couldn't exactly help her.

"I don't want to talk about it right now." Shirone refused to turn around, pulling her hand from Lelouch's grasp. She was feeling really conflicted about last night. On one hand, the thought of someone invading her privacy really, really pissed her off.

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