Chapter 13: Confusion

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Lelouch returned to the club room alone, Koneko having had to leave in order to handle a Contract of her own about halfway through his deliveries.

He had yet to be called in to fulfill one, but decided to report in case he had to do anything else. When he arrived, he heard huffing from behind him and turned around to see Issei running up the stairs.

"Are you kidding me?" The boy rasped as he caught his breath.

"I used my bike! How did you finish before I did?" The boy seemed jealous.

"I took less flyers than you so I managed to walk to my destinations faster since I had fewer places to go.

" He replied, causing the boy's jealousy to fade as a grin spread across his face.

"Ha!" Issei declared triumphantly as he pointed at Lelouch. "That means I delivered more flyers than you!"

"Caught that did you." Lelouch murmured as the pair walked into the club room.

Lelouch lived by the phrase "work smarter, not harder", as every gym teacher he'd ever had learned to their disappointment, so he figured that, while he'd have delivered less flyers overall, he'd have an easier time completing Contracts when he could devote more time to each request. "All done with the deliveries President.

" Lelouch said as they walked in, Issei almost immediately drooling at the sight of Rias in her towel.

The darker haired boy merely sighed and asked, "Anything else you need us to do?" Trying to suppress a twitch in his eye.

Akeno clearly was right when she mentioned Rias' proclivities towards showing off her form. It wasn't that he didn't appreciate her beauty, he just wished he didn't have to face the distinct possibility of Rias being naked every time he walked into the room.

He would eventually be desensitized to the whole thing he guessed, but until then he would have to deal with the awkwardness as it came along.

"Well, could one of you help out Koneko?" Rias asked as she dried her hair.

"She's double booked with requests right now and I could use someone to take her extra shift. It's the last thing I need either of you to do today.

" Lelouch turned to his somewhat friend, who was sucking on a popsicle, and decided to accept on her behalf.

But as he opened his mouth Issei jumped the gun and took it before he could. "Sure thing Madame President!" He shouted eagerly.

Koneko looked at the pair and bowed slightly before saying, "That's super rad. Thanks.

" With her typical dry tone, it didn't sound very thankful, but Lelouch thought he might have detected a hint of relief mixed with amusement in her tone.

He wondered what made her feel that way about this particular summon request.

"I'll wait for the next one then." Lelouch acquiesced without issue. He could wait for now.

"Great, I'll have Akeno prepare the Circle." Rias said as she turned back to get dressed behind her curtain.

Once she was finished she directed Akeno to a large empty space in the clubroom and ordered, "Prepare to send Issei to Koneko's second request, Akeno.

" She stood back slightly and Lelouch watched curiously as Akeno stood in the center of the large space.

Suddenly, a large, crimson magic circle formed under her feet. Lelouch's eyes widened in surprise.

'So, that's what a magic circle looks like.' He thought as he witnessed true magic for the first time. 'It's beautiful.'

He was mesmerized by the gorgeous color and the power he could sense flowing around the circle. 'I want to learn magic.' Lelouch admitted to himself.

He wanted to learn how to harness the power he could feel inside his being. He finally had power again, no matter how little the amount, and he wanted to learn as much as he could about it.

He had gone far with only his mind and his Geass back in his world, he had no idea how far he could go with the potential power he could gain from using magic in this one. But he wanted to find out.

Issei was filled with a similar sense of awe as Rias answered their unspoken question. "That's called a Transportation Circle," she explained.

She directed Issei to hold out his left hand and imprinted the sigil of her family onto his left palm. "This is called a Seal, it will help me keep track of your performance during your requests.

When you get to the client's location, just make sure to make them aware of the cost of their request and make sure they select the correct areas of the screen so that you can officially have the Pact fulfilled.

" She reminded him of the rules. Devils typically used a small tablet-like device that bore similarities to a Smartphone, only it was used to store the database for the usual kinds of wishes humans would request as well as their costs.

There was also a search bar in order to find the closest equivalent if the specific wish was difficult to find.

Lelouch did find it interesting that the fulfillment of a Contract could grant a Devil power, but supposed that may have been the origin of the phrase "a deal with the Devil" in this world. They also gained power from the price paid by the human, so Devils got a little extra boost after every Contract.

As he mused curiously about the nature of Contracts, something went wrong when the Transportation Circle activated and Issei remained.

"The fuck?!" Issei exclaimed in confusion. Lelouch eyed Rias as she tried to absorb the fact that Issei apparently couldn't use the Transportation Circle to fulfill requests.

She had her head in her hand with the other crossed under her bust, ignoring her Queen's "whoopsie" and Kiba's nervous chuckle, Rias responded well.

"No, it's okay." She reassured Issei, though he was still confused. "Looks like you can't make the jump for some reason," she sounded slightly exasperated.

"But there's another way." Lelouch quickly caught on and had to resist his own chuckle. "It's mundane but I'm sure you can use your bike.

" Rias said to Issei's horror. "Unless Lelouch wants to give it a shot." She looked at her new Knight curiously.

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