[h1][center][color=red]Alucard[/color][/center][/h1]

Alucard realized what was about to happen mere moments before it did. Plenty of time to react. Thousands of options to mitigate, dodge, or block the blow. But a slap from a lady was not intended to harm, it was intended to send a message. And Alucard did so hate to turn down a lady. The slap hit solidly across his face with a surprisingly amount of force. Not enough to knock him down, but it did force him to take a step to keep his balance and create the very loud sound that always accompanied a slap. Hells that hurt, he hadn't expected her to hit like a body builder on steroids! And yes he did know what that felt like. What's more she seemed to be getting ready to cast some magic, judging by the mumbo jumbo, and Alucard was preparing to defend himself when she suddenly stopped. Well that was good, he'd been getting slightly worried about the safety of his clothes. His hand rose and lightly touched bruised skin.

Esh, his wonderful looks, temporarily marred: with his skills it'd be gone by tomorrow, but it was still rather distasteful. Obviously he'd miscalculated the degree of her distress. Half his attention was on the speech and half was on figuring out a way to rectify his mistake. Something about the Heir of Baphel, whatever in god's name that was. Apparently it was a big deal judging by the sudden increase in tension. A chance suddenly appeared, the redhead had apparently been promised chocolate by the demon girl. Agilely stepping through the agitated students he paused in front of the redhead and said, [color=red]"My apologizes for my misconduct perhaps-"[/color] Mid sentence he stepped to the door and held it open for her in one fluid movement, gesturing for her to go ahead. [color=red]"-I could pay for my mistake?"[/color] A good chance to increase his favor with her, in particular if she felt the least bit guilty for hitting him in the face. Which anyone would after seeing how nice it was. That or he'd get hit again, honestly it could go either way.