Alex was dumbfounded, he never expected that he would be able to use skills. As he thought about this he realized that the form would be a lot more convenient in the future if his skills were still usable. He then asked Lauren,"So is it possible for you two to help regain my mentality?" Lauren answered,
"It should be, but we"ll need to practice a bit first, so I wouldn"t advise trying any time soon. As you asked we didn"t interfere, but I think it"s possible that while your mind is shut down and the animal instincts take over, we might be able to stimulate your consciousness since we have direct access to your mind." Alex thought about Lauren"s words, and noticed that Sirzechs was still waiting for him to answer his question.
"I have a few different abilities, thanks to my boosted gear. They don"t require using the gear to use, so it"s possible that I instinctively used them while transformed. All I should"ve been able to use power wise, is the beam." Sirzechs nodded and then asked,
"You mentioned before being able to control it in theory, are you sure?" Alex nodded and explained the conversation he just had with Ddraig and Lauren leaving out the parts involving Lauren. When they heard that Ddraig might be able to help him regain consciousness, everyone let out a sigh of relief. He looked over at Koneko once more and asked,
"Koneko, is she ok?" Asia said,
"She was worse when I found her, I think it was her rook trait that saved her life. I healed most of the injuries, so the bruising should fade soon." Alex stood and made his way over to her. As he approached she opened her eyes slightly, Alex gently took her hand in his, and said,
"I am so sorry Koneko, would you please forgive me?" Koneko smiled slightly, and replied,
"Senior warned us, there"s nothing to forgive. It was our own curiosity that got the better of everyone." Asia went and kept using twilight healing on her, and Alex felt relieved that Koneko didn"t hate him now. He didn"t want to think of how Kuroka might react when he found out though. Suddenly Azazel said behind him,
"I"ll let the school know if you need a leave of absence if you need a few days to recover." Alex shook his head and replied,
"I actually have something to do in a couple days, so no th well I might still need it to leave town for a few days." Alex was about to deny him, but stopped himself. It was just a couple days until he went to Kyoto, so he would still need the leave of absence. However Azazel and everyone caught his words.
"What is it you need to do? It could wait a while cant it?" Alex shook his head and tried to explain without giving anything important away,
"I"m going to kyoto ahead of the school trip, to meet with the the eastern youkai. There"s some things I need to discuss with the leader, Yasaka." Sirzechs and Azazel looked thoughtful for a moment, until both he and Rias said at the same time,
"Then you should take Rosswiesse."
"Serafall should go as well."
Everyone looked at them curiously, and the two siblings started explaining, especially since Serafall didn"t seem to like the idea of going with Alex. Sirzechs said,
"Serafall is in charge of foreign relations, if there"s something important you need to talk with the the eastern youkai about, then she should be there as well." Serafall grumbled, but couldn"t say anything against his words. Rias then explained as well,
"Rosswiesse used to attend Odin while he visited foreign leaders, she"s used to being in these situations and could possibly help advise you so that"s there"s no mistakes being made." Alex thought for a moment, and said to the two of them,
"The things I need to do are really important, I won"t say anything now and I"ll explain when I feel like it. In other words the two of you, yes even you Serafall, need to listen to what I say. Don"t worry I won"t try to order you around though." He added the last part because Serafall seemed as if she was going to argue with him. Sirzechs then said to her,
"Considering Alex probably wouldn"t move unless it was important, it"s not too much of a condition. You said you wouldn"t explain it to us, but I do want you to answer this, how important is this trip?" Before he gave his support to Alex he need to know it was necessary. Alex simply said,
"If we want the cooperation of the youkai in the future, then I need to go." Sirzechs nodded and accepted Alex"s reasoning.