Chapter 21: Enhanced
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"I feel… strong." Lelouch murmured as he walked slowly out of the hospital. Staring at his palm and clenching his fist, he marveled at the change a few days could make.
He had never felt this physically powerful as a human being, his Devil physique feeling the same only with enhanced versions of what he remembered from when he was human.
'Just what does this mean?' Lelouch wondered as he walked back to school, taking his time so he could enjoy the fresh air.
He hadn't ever gone to the hospital in Kuoh before, but he enjoyed the little stroll he decided to take on his way back.
He might as well enjoy the sights before handing in his report he figured.
He stared in slight surprise as he entered the school to witness a rare sight.
Issei staring out in the distance distractedly in the hallway while Rias left and he didn't stare while she walked away.
He followed her as she walked into the library. Lelouch stayed near the door for a moment as he watched as Rias sat down, staring pensively down at the table.
"Did I miss something?" Lelouch asked as he drew Rias out of her contemplative mood. She looked at him curiously.
"It's unusual to see Issei not fawning over your breasts, Prez." Lelouch deadpanned at her questioning look. "For him to look so depressed like that, you must have forever denied him the right to touch them or something.
" He blinked. Wow that joke was in bad taste, though Rias seemed to laugh as his bad joke pulled her out of the funk she was in.
Maybe he shouldn't stick her humor as a benchmark for his bad jokes considering she found Issei amusing with his perverted antics.
"He's upset because I told him he wasn't allowed to meet up again with a cute nun he met today on his way home." Rias said.
"Devils and the Church don't get along too well so it would likely end badly for him if she found out what he was and I couldn't take that risk."
Lelouch considered her argument. It made a lot of sense. "You did the right thing," Lelouch admitted, surprising Rias.
"Really? You don't think I should have let him follow his heart?" She asked, getting confused when Lelouch shook his head.
"I didn't say that." Lelouch clarified. "What I meant was that, if relations are really as tense as you say, then Issei's lust for a cute nun doesn't outweigh the risk he'd be at if he went to the church to spend time with her and ended up discovered as a Devil.
" He held up his hands, as though they were scales. "You needed to weigh his personal safety in comparison to his personal feelings.
You believed his safety was more important and acted accordingly, therefore you did the right thing as Issei's King.
" He looked at her as she reacted with slight shock. "I figured, you represent the King Piece, don't you?" He asked rhetorically. Ignoring her reaction, he continued.
"Regardless, I didn't say that letting him follow his emotions would be a bad thing. It's your duty as a leader to weigh what you consider important when you hand down orders to your subordinates, which we, as your Peerage, currently are.
" Lelouch crossed his arms and made his way to the chair in front of Rias, ignoring the stunned silence of Rias as he sat down across from her.
His impromptu advice on leadership came out instinctively, feeling a strange sense of being on the outside looking in as someone who had a burden similar to the one he held as Zero and Emperor.
Though the position was one with far less influence, she still walked the line between respecting her subordinates' own opinions and keeping her own responsibility towards them in mind.
His Geass had let him jump rope with that line and that had been his downfall, or at least one cause of it, and he wasn't eager to see someone in a similar position he had once held make the same mistakes.
"Anyway, I wanted to talk to you." Lelouch admitted, drawing Rias' attention once again.
"What can I do for you Lelouch?" Rias asked, curious what the mysterious boy in front of her could want. Unlike Issei, Lelouch was far more difficult to get a read on.
Show a little skin, offer a little tease, and Issei would jump through hoops for a girl with large enough breasts. She thought his obsession was downright adorable, making her feel like she had a crazy little brother.
Lelouch seemed to only be close to Koneko and Kiba, but he seemed to absorb everything they said about being a Devil like a sponge.
She didn't know him very well, but she knew he was top of his class. Without any effort it seemed since every time she had him observed he looked bored beyond all reason.
"I fulfilled a Contract that held the price of half of the person's remaining lifespan." Lelouch said causing Rias no small amount of surprise.
That was one large prize for Lelouch's first Pact. "He was an old man who wanted to ease his wife's suffering, she had cancer for the past five years and summoning a Devil was the last hope he had to ease her pain before she died.
" He continued after taking a small breath, feeling mildly depressed at that family's situation.
"I didn't get much considering he only had six months left to live, meaning I only obtained three months' worth of energy, but something strange happened when I went to see what I could do about the woman's pain.
" Lelouch decided against mentioning his new power, as well as how he was familiar with something similar to it, for now.
He didn't know how similar it would be to any powers that already existed in this world. He didn't want to announce his past by using a power that had no equal here.
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