Chapter 58 : "'Surprise' doesn't

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I put down my pencil, dragging the eraser some of the mistakes I've left behind, then spoke again.

"She isn't perfect in that part, there is no reason to be annoyed by pointing that realistic bit, and she needs someone to guide her through that part she is so hesitant about."

Akeno's protests died before they could be voiced, her violet eyes widening a little at that depiction of the Gremory.

"W-What are you talking about?" She tried to appear clueless, but the stutter ruined her attempt.

I sighed, once again yanked away from my task.

"You mean 'how is it possible that someone that much could be understood from not talking to someone?'" I glanced once more at her, my voice showing some minor irritation at this unneeded conversation. "Why of course, your leader does flinch a lot when her confident move is turned useless by a simple wall of logic."

She frowned at that explanation. "It could just be some surprise-"

"'Surprise' doesn't generally get people that much tense," I pointed out while sighing, dropping my pencil once more by the table as I started to contemplate which pen I could use to retrace the lines of the drawing. "Her flinches are tense. She tends to get on a very defensive stance when her determination is forced to a halt by something she isn't prepared about."

The Himejima blinked at that. "Buchou could be a little bit hesitant once in a while, that doesn't certainly mean she is that much inexperienced with people."

"Then I will wait and see if my theory or yours are valid with future events," I conceded tiredly, I was starting to get annoyed about the whole chit-chatting as I was paying little attention to the drawing now.

Of all days to actually pester me abot, Rias had to annoy me while I was doing such important task?

"By the way, why did your boss send you here?" I asked calmly, ignoring the confused frown from the girl. "Is she perhaps interested in Kunou-chan, now?"

There was a brief moment of silence, then Akeno smiled. "Actually, Hoitsu-san, I decided to see what kind of person you were on my own."

...What?

What the actual heck?!

"Uh?" was what ended up leaving my mouth and the girl giggled at my genuine confusion.

"I guess it's kind of surprising as you had this little big theory of yours about Rias-buchou." Her smug look was swift to gain my annoyance just by the fact it there for me to perceive, even through I was still staring at the paper.

"A little bit but..." I softly dropped the pen and held one of my hands right up to cup my own cheek, then closed my eyes in a satisfied expression and relayed the true counter to this girl in particular.

It was a counter I had only thought possible but never tested its practicality, knowing that there was a minor chance of ending up with some unpleasant situations in the near future… but-

"Ara, Ara, is Akeno-san interested in me in a perverted way?" I tried to interject and, hopefully, interrupt my current state of unbalance. "I can only wonder what kind of things she would do to me then."

I blinked my eyes open and away from the paper, ready to gauge her reaction and I was rewarded with a full-face blush from Akeno.

Her eyes wide open as her jaw had dropped low. She seemed frozen in time, stuck in that odd expression and I decided to move before she could react more about it.

I slid the finished drawing right at the girl, her violet eyes finally darting away, looking down as she noticed the work in front of her and she blinked.

"It's your turn, Akeno-san."

The girl didn't answer at my input, returning to stare up at me and… it was intense. She continued to stare for two full minutes, something that left me quite nervous for some reason and I expected her to launch a full-fledged lewd assault at that and…

I was confused when said thing didn't happen.

The Himejima silently starting to pick the various colored pencils and markers to begin her own work.

There was no further interaction from that, which caused me to frown warily at the suddenly quiet girl.

While she was particularly reserved sometimes, it looked odd to see her go for this long without responding verbally after we just concluded this talk.

Did that comeback seriously cause her to back away from… everything she could have asked after that?

The comeback itself was actually a joking remark, just a test to verify the results of putting a 'Ojou-sama' through her very treatment of people.

Nothing more and nothing less, yet the effects that it caused on Akeno looked… absurdly impressive.

What did just happened to the girl currently busy with the coloring phase? And why that stare?

The mystery remained unknown for the rest of the contest and even after that as, just brief instants after giving the final result, which was quite well-done in my opinion for both sides, the Himejima retreated with a polite nod back to her desk and decided to not turn around to stare back where I was.

Rias looked confused too, seeing her Queen getting this quiet and reserved without an apparent reason and she did glance back where I was sitting, trying to understand what was going on with Akeno.

Of course I avoided her eyes as I knew that the possible reason the usually teasing girl was in that state was the very playful remark I did starting with that 'Ara, Ara'.

To think that the magnitude of that statement could bring to the girl was of this level…

I don't know if I should be impressed or scared for any future retaliation now.

Kunou looked incredibly happy as her first day at Kuoh Academy came to an end.

As we meet up by the school's entrance, the kitsune was quick to barrage me with details about her first day.

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