A collective groan echoed through the room. Even Koneko put down her rice cracker, a flicker of genuine alarm in her otherwise stoic gaze.
Issei Hyoudou, the Red Dragon Emperor, slumped on the couch, his brown eyes wide with a mixture of exhaustion and sheer, unadulterated terror. highschool dxd characters
“Issei,” came a flat voice from the hallway. Koneko had returned. “Stop thinking perverted thoughts. I can hear you from here. Also, Xenovia just melted a spatula. Hurry up.” A collective groan echoed through the room
He sighed, a deep, heartfelt sigh only a teenager with a harem of supernatural beings and a dragon living in his left arm could understand. He looked at the white pawn in his hand. “Issei,” came a flat voice from the hallway
Akeno Himejima, the club’s Vice-President, giggled from the tea cart, pouring a cup with elegant, deliberate movements. “Oh my, Koneko-chan. Don’t tease him. He’s nervous because Rias is watching his every move. Isn’t that right, Issei?” Her violet eyes sparkled with playful malice.
He placed the pawn on E4. It clicked into place, and for a second, the dragon-scale piece seemed to hum with warmth.
Rias’s playful smile vanished. Her eyes became sharp, calculating. “Report, Kiba.”