A collective groan echoed through the room. Even Koneko put down her rice cracker, a flicker of genuine alarm in her otherwise stoic gaze.
Kiba ran a hand through his golden hair. “It’s… a bake-off. Xenovia and Irina are in the school kitchen. They’ve declared a ‘Sacred Gear Showdown: Culinary Apocalypse Edition.’ Xenovia is trying to forge a cake using Durandal as a mixing tool. Irina is attempting to ‘purify’ a batch of cookies with holy light.” highschool dxd characters
Before Issei could stammer a reply, the heavy oak door slammed open. Kiba Yuuto, the handsome blond Knight, strode in, his usual princely composure cracked. A single scorch mark was on his school uniform’s sleeve. A collective groan echoed through the room
“So,” he whispered, staring at the chessboard in the center of the low table, “let me get this straight. You want me to… make the first move?” “It’s… a bake-off
And somewhere in the club room, on the chessboard, the white pawn stood alone, a tiny sentinel of the chaos to come.