Chapitre 123: Chapter 123: Nevermind
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Opening his eyes, he looked around the room and frowned as he only noticed Akeno lounging on Rias' desk. "Where's Rias?" He asked, before almost immediately noticing the shower as it turned on.
A deadpan look came over his face as Akeno giggled. "Of course, nevermind." Lelouch really wasn't all that surprised, of course Rias would take a shower right now.
She was probably really stressed out and he knew that nothing helped the redhead relax quite like a quick hot shower or a dip in the hot springs. Taking a seat on one of the couches, Lelouch leaned back and took a deep breath, attempting to meditate to maintain his calm.
As he was internal grumbling about Rias' habits before attempting to meditate, Akeno had sauntered over to where Lelouch was sitting and sat down next to him.
"So, do you have an answer?" She asked, feeling hopeful that he might give her a chance to see where these feelings of hers could lead them.
"Where's Koneko?" Lelouch deflected, asking after his companion who had left before him.
"She's gone down to the basement to talk with Gasper." Akeno's answer prompted a frown from Lelouch, but she wouldn't let him escape that easily. "I know you're nervous, but if you have an answer I would really like to hear it.
" Akeno wasn't exactly pleading, but she and Lelouch were alone so rarely that she didn't know when the next opportunity to ask this privately would occur without her forcing it and making everyone else suspicious.
"I don't think we should discuss this right before we go into battle." Lelouch deflected again, this time with an argument he had been considering for a while now.
"I don't think it's a good idea." He opened his eyes and looked at Akeno, whose usual smile was gone as she took what he said seriously.
"I understand." Akeno was… not pleased with that noncommittal reply, but Lelouch did have an irritatingly good point. With that somewhat frosty response, Akeno stood up and left Lelouch in peace.
Over the next few minutes, the rest of the Peerage began to file into the room, Kiba through the door alone, Koneko carrying Gasper's box as she brought the Dhampir into the room though it took a while for him to peek his head out from the inside.
Rias left the shower after she finished getting dressed and dried her hair. Issei and Asia filed in soon after, a comfortable silence between the two housemates.
Lelouch sighed through his nose after Koneko sat down next to him, she refused to sit in his lap after the Tea Incident and his not quite rejection of her confession still stung.
Ruminating on this was not needed before battle so he redirected his attention towards attempting to meditate. But no matter how hard he tried he couldn't quite get his situations with Akeno and Koneko out of his head.
He had managed to convince Akeno to wait for his answer after the Rating Game. It may not have been the best idea, but he was wary of screwing up their cohesiveness as a Peerage by letting her know it right before they all fought because he doubted his answer would be kept secret given the reaction he expected from Akeno.
Koneko, on the other hand, was taking his silence… not well, but not exactly great either. Living together gave her many opportunities to push him for an answer, but she never took them. Something Lelouch appreciated.
Giving up on meditating as a lost cause, Lelouch decided to observe the people who he would be going into battle with this evening.
Opening his eyes to look around the room to take stock of the rest of Rias' Peerage, he began observing their movements out of a habit that he had developed back when he had first become Zero.
Observing his men would allow him to know whether they were going to be able to complete the duties he had assigned to them and the same principle applied to this group, at least as far as Lelouch was concerned.
Kiba was dressed in his school uniform, like Akeno, though he had some armor, a gauntlet on his nondominant arm and some grieves on his shins, so he could defend himself better than if he just wore his normal uniform.
The only ones who were wearing their uniforms without modification were Rias and Issei, considering Akeno could summon her priestess robes any time she desired. Asia was dressed in her habit, though without the crucifix for obvious reasons.
Gasper was wearing the Kuoh uniform, but it was the one for girls as usual. His Hannya mask covering his face from his eyeline to his chin, covering his nose and cheeks though leaving his ears uncovered by the hard plastic, but his nervousness was clear as it could be as he clutched his skirt, his knees pressed together and his knuckles white as snow.
It was a miracle Gasper wasn't hyperventilating right now, but perhaps it had something to do with Issei's idea of giving him a box to sit in so he could "retreat" and close the flaps if he wanted to hide away.
The idea was that it was similar to his coffin, but easier to transport. So far it appeared to be working as a decent placebo for Gasper.
"Remember the plan everyone." Rias said, her foot tapping in nervousness as she tried to keep everyone's morale up. She had shifted her position as Lelouch analyzed everyone so that sitting at her desk in the clubroom.
She leaned back, her arms crossed beneath her bust. "Riser's immortality is dependent on how much energy he has, if we can wear him down by forcing him to keep regenerating he will be forced to give up once he no longer has the energy to fight." It was something Lelouch had helped her come up with once she told him the details of the Phenex Clan's immortal flames.
Continuous regeneration because of magical flames was not true immortality. As such, there was no way it was impossible to defeat a Phenex.
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État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
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