Bab 49: Chapter 49: Mumbled
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Huh, I guess that's what happens when dodgeballs enhanced with magic collide together." Rias' voice was as mystified as Lelouch's expression, but at least he knew what caused the devastation now.
With that knowledge, he could deduce what happened and why Rias' Peerage had suddenly become the victors of this little competition.
Koneko must have accidentally thrown the ball she had enhanced with magical energy, and further boosted by her Rook strength, into another ball similarly enhanced by one of Sona's Peerage.
The resulting collision obliterated the other ball and caused a shockwave that knocked out everyone hit by it save for Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, Rias, and Sona. Lelouch was furthest from the blast zone, but Asia and Issei were out cold.
"Well, I guess we won." Lelouch mumbled, still in shock at just how sudden the end to the match had been.
At least he'd be able to get his Familiar now.
Lelouch followed the rest of Rias' Peerage as they made their way through the strange forest of the Familiar world, keeping an eye out for any potential Familiars he may want to claim for himself.
Before they entered Akeno's portal to the Familiar world, they had gone to their homes to change back into their school uniforms since most of their clothing had been shredded during the match.
He tuned out their guide around the time of his second rhyme, finding his little limerick gimmick annoying. He heard some rustling nearby and, figuring the group couldn't get into too much trouble without him, went off to check it out himself.
There was a lot of foliage in the way, but Lelouch eventually managed to brush enough of the branches out of his way to wander off the beaten path and found a dark clearing with a crystal pond, not unlike the one that revealed the Undine creature Issei had contemplated claiming as his own Familiar before seeing what the true appearance of the creature was.
Lelouch had been freaked out by seeing just how muscular that thing's arms were, even one of that Undine's arms could have crushed him like a pencil.
He hoped that this body of water didn't contain something comparable, he rather liked being unbroken by a creature's oversized muscles.
Thankfully, the creature that had made the sound didn't appear to be anything so disturbing. In fact, there were a few creatures surrounding the pond, each taking a chance to satiate their thirst.
There appeared to be a small flock of strange looking birds, each one held a strange design on its back and none matched the others.
Their feathers were a deep obsidian with red highlights along the edges of some feathers giving the appearance that they were streaked with blood, and the design on their backs were colored a silvery grey, the streak going across multiple feathers to create the design.
Their eyes were all an unsettling crimson red, but thankfully they weren't pointed in his direction.
Another group was what appeared to be a pack of black wolves. They had streaks of smoky grey across their muzzles and ivory streaks going up their legs.
The tips of some areas of their fur were tipped with red, though it was only the areas that spiked out that had the red tips. Their eyes were slitted, and the iris was colored a deep emerald on all of them.
Some had noticed his entrance into the clearing, but most were still preoccupied with their drinking from the pond.
There was one very strange looking bird and it was staring right at him. It was pure silver, with the exception of some ebony streaks throughout its underside.
Its lilac eyes were staring directly into his own, but its gaze didn't seem unnerving. It was simply… curious at his presence. It screeched before taking off, not fleeing but leaving all the same.
Lelouch decided to ignore the strange occurrence in favor of trying to connect with one of the other Familiars within the clearing.
He walked forward quietly, making his way to the edge of the pond and drawing the attention of the flock and pack that had been drinking their fill.
Rather than try and force a connection, he sat down close to the waters' edge and began to meditate, drawing upon his connection to the Void.
Whichever creatures came to him would be the ones he considered as potential Familiars. Until then, he would remain patient.
Ophis… was not pleased. Perhaps she should not have chosen this form when she decided to track down her wayward project, but it had some familiarity that she preferred compared to the other forms she could take. Still, there were a disturbing number of individuals interfering with her while she remained in the form of a young girl.
Some, like one particularly stubborn officer she had taken care of, appeared to mean well. Though she had no idea what this "school" thing was that they wanted to take her to.
Or why he took issue with her particular outfit. Sure, she would have to change it once the temperature started to bother her human form, but until that point she saw very little reason why it would be an issue.
Others couldn't take the hint that she wanted to be left alone. She got a peculiar satisfaction from scaring those children into respecting her wishes.
These nuisances were why she had taken to searching for her Demon Emperor at night rather than during the day when the well-meaning irritants would be roaming the streets.
Unfortunately, there was a whole other kind of problem that appeared at night. One such problem was currently cowering before her in a dark alley, clutching his stump that used to be a hand before he had the gall to lay a hand on her.
"Tell me." She spoke softly, still not entirely used to her new voice that was so different from her normal one. "Where is the Demon Emperor?" She could sense his energy in this city, but trying to find him was like a human trying to find a particular ant.
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