Chapter 45 : Warning.
Tokyo, 5:45 am
Where did those three go?
Venelana wondered, worried.
She was in bed, completely naked; next to her lay her daughter Rias, while her husband Zeoticus lay on her back on the floor; they too, like her, were naked. The three had made sex all night. She smiled.
Fortunately, they are the ones to cheer me up ...
Suddenly she was thirsty. She stood up, being careful not to wake her family, and, still naked, went out into the corridor. Fortunately there was not a living soul besides her. She walked along the corridor, past the rooms where Minerva and the others slept. When she reached the kitchen she took a glass, filled it with water and took a long drink.
Issei, Kiba and Sirzechs came out last night and still haven't come back ... I wonder what happened to them. In a situation like this, they may have been kidnapped by the invaders, or maybe they ran into a gang of thugs who take advantage of the situation to carry out vandalism and other crimes ... God, I hope I'm wrong.
"I see you have made yourself comfortable, Miss Gremory." A female voice stated, making her wince.
She turned around, meeting Xenovia, who was staring at her with a sly smile.
"Yeah ... why are you standing?"
"I always wake up early in the morning." The girl replied, wearing blue pajamas.
"We are two, then."
"You're worried about Issei and the others, aren't you?"
"Exact. They should have come back last night, but they never showed up again. "
"Are you afraid something happened to them?"
"I have no idea, I just know they seem to have vanished into thin air."
"What if we went looking for them?"
"Not now, it's still dark. When the sun comes out. "
"Will she and I go?"
"Even Rias and my husband."
"Great ... The more we are the better."
"Exact."
"However it will not be easy to find them ... Especially now that Tokyo is destroyed. It would take days, weeks to search it. "
"I am aware of it. But it's my son and two of my lovers, I won't abandon them. "
"You has to keep a lot of them."
"Any other obviousness?" Asked the brunette, annoyed by that superfluous statement.
"Pardon miss."
Xenovia looked down, embarrassed.
Weiswolf, 10:00 pm
Cornelia was in her quarters with Esdeath.
"What do you think of Lelouch's health condition?" Asked the defense minister.
"From a physical point of view, it's like new again. Thanks to the Code, surely." The empress replied.
"And what about the psyche?"
"She's been going to hell for more than two decades ... Since her mother's alleged death. Subsequent events have only made things worse. "
"Well, as traumatized as this has not compromised his strategic and tactical skills."
"True."
"And the girl?"
"Totally healed, as you may have noticed during dinner."
"I was eating, I didn't pay attention to who was around me."
Suddenly the door to the room burst open and Tony entered, followed by an angry Yaeko.
"The empress does not want to be interrupted during an interview! Are you deaf? "She asked nervously.
"Calm Yaeko ... Evidently Tony has something urgent to tell me."
"Indeed it is." He stated.
"Then talk ... What is it?"
"I ask you for clemency for Leila Breisgau, prime minister of the empire and my future wife."
"Why should I do this?"
"She is expecting a child from me."
"Her problem, not mine."
"I know he committed a horrible crime, but he was blinded by her thirst for revenge! She wanted to make her pay for her friends. "
"The execution will take place tomorrow morning at the end of the discussion."
"But…"
"I said end of the discussion."
Though annoyed, Tony left the room.
"Are you sure, your majesty?"
"Yes, Esdeath. I cannot show mercy to those who have brutally tortured my brother. "
"You didn't think so when you found yourself in front of him a few weeks ago." Her secretary intervened.
"It makes no sense now to hold grudges for things that happened long ago, no matter how serious they are. And then, if I turn a blind eye to what happened today, I would encourage other attempts at torture against his. I can't allow it, he serves us. "
"I understand, your majesty."
Damn it ... I just wasted my breath and time! And now what do I do?
Tony wondered nervously.
He couldn't get her out. The prison sector was one of the most guarded places in the fortress (or at least it had been since he had prisoners). Even if he succeeded, there was the dilemma of where to go. Around Weiswolf lay acres and hectares of forest, and in case of escape Cornelia would have unleashed the whole imperial army to their pursuit. No, that would only have aggravated his situation and that of the woman he loved.
Damn!
He cursed mentally.
At one point he ran into Kyoko, who was staring at him with folded arms.
"Get out! I have no intention of talking to you now! "
"I imagine ... Tomorrow that little bitch will be executed, as it should be!"
"Don't say a word against her!"
"Because of her (and Anchovy) I lost you."
"When this thing is over we will divorce! I want to dedicate myself only to my future family! "
"What family are you babbling about?"
"Leila is expecting a child from me."
"That's why I never got pregnant ... Because you were more with her and with Anchovy than with me!"
"Now that you know, get out of the way!"
"You won't have a new family! Tomorrow morning she will die, along with the little bastard she has in her womb! "
In response, he punched her hard in the face, knocking her to the ground.
"Asshole!" She insulted him, staring at him fiercely.
"Now listen to me, slut... If her die tomorrow you will follow her!"
He drew a dagger and pointed it at her throat.
"We are at this ... First you betray me, now you threaten to kill me." She said sadly.
"You betrayed me with Takashi!"
"I broke up with him two years ago, just before our wedding!"
"It doesn't matter now ... You disgust me ..."
He inflicted a cut on her right cheek. The spectacled, upset, brought a hand to the injured party.
"Remember my warning."
Having said that Tony resumed his journey.
Kyoko saw him walk away, shocked.
He will do it…. He will tear me to pieces ...
She thought, frightened.