Ainz Ooal Gown: Supreme Being in DxD

Calm your breath

Right. So. Uhm..." Momonga tried to gather his thoughts as he sat beside Rias's group in a small relaxation room that had plenty of soft chairs and couches arranged around a coffee table, the whole arrangement of the room made to give it a comfy feeling. Only, the mood of the occupants turned it quite... not comfortable. Rather, it was one part awkwardness to two parts wariness to three part exhaustion.

Tannin's announcement of the Great Red's scent had effectively dismissed the whole meeting as Beelzebub and Lucifer had grabbed the lizardman and peeled him off 'Issei' before either side could resort to drastic measures.

The lizardman had been foaming from the mouth with uncontrolled rage, and Momonga had been completely unresponsive while he contemplated the pros and cons of 'undead attack 2: electric lizard boogaloo'.

Luckily no-one had figured out what 'Issei' had been planning and apparently were just worried he'd get flattened by the enraged lizardman. Lucifer and Beelzebub had then dragged the lizardmen off to who-knows-where in order to scheme, leaving the diners to sort out themselves.

In the meantime Grayfia had escorted Lady Phenix and the group accompanying her out of the dining room and into a cushy living room to recuperate from the meal and from the conversation that had followed it.

Rias had taken the chance to grab her group as well, and Momonga, and practically push them into another relaxation room.

"Right. Well, that was a thing that happened." Rias seemed to be struggling for words as she looked at her team and occasionally glanced at 'Issei'. "Um, how are you feeling, Issei-kun?"

"I'm feeling perfectly alright, Rias-sama." Momonga answered easily.

"I mean, are your, uh, organs, well, behaving themselves?" Rias asked with a twinge of worry in her voice, causing Momonga to pause for a moment as he tried to figure out what she was trying to say. "Your heart's keeping up, and so on?"

"Ah, yes, well, somewhat. Definitely." Momonga coughed on his hand as he quickly checked his status, nodding in his head as he learned that his [Stitch]ed organs were still moving or operating as they should, at least as far as the necromantically stapled organs could. He had a feeling a liver shouldn't quiver and pulse but he discarded the problem with the ease of an office worker throwing a 'needs to be ready yesterday' project into a filing cabinet, knowing that he wouldn't have to worry about it for weeks.

Rias blushed slightly as she scanned over 'Issei's face and turned away. "A-anyway, how are you, Akeno? Asia? Yuuto? Koneko?"

"I'm... alright. The lord... ow... is my shield, I shall not waver..." The nun rocked her body back and forth, causing the cat-girl beside her to wrap her arms around the clearly traumatized blonde nun.

Yuuto merely looked annoyed while fiddling with the handle of his new katana, occasionally tracing his finger around the guard of the weapon. It seemed to be something of a nervous tick, but the boy looked otherwise fine.

"Ufufu, is that really what you should be asking of us, Rias-chan?" The raven-haired girl asked while covering her mouth with her shrine maiden outfit's sleeve. "I believe we should be asking how are you, Rias-chan, or should I say, soon-to-be Rias Hyoudou-chan?"