The Esper Devil ( Esper OC X Highschool DxD )

Chapter 43 - The Caretaker

Part 1

I screeched to a halt at Ayumu's sudden shout

"You've got someone else living with you already?!"

Her eyes are almost popping out in surprise and anger, face almost as red as her hair

I hesitantly nodded

"Y-yeah, sorry"

"Why didn't you told me?!"

She says pointing to herself

"I was going to tell you but... I-I think I forgot..."

After I say this Ayumu seems to be at a loss of words for a moment, a glimpse of sadness coming across her face

"Is it one of them?"

She says averting her eyes, probably refering to devils and the supernatural creatures

"Y-yeah..."

She seems even gloomier and asks with a slight pout

"Is it that... Liliana?"

Uh?

I shake my head

"N-no, it's Aya-chan, the youkai girl, remember?"

Right after I say this, Ayumu's gloomy face disappears and she turns to me surprised

"Y-you mean the little green youkai?!"

I step back in shock, surprised at her quick change of mood

"Y-yeah, it's her, is it a problem?"

Ayumu's eyes gleam

"O-oh, n-no! This is grea- caham, I mean, it's good that you are taking care of her..."

I nod awkwardly, but I notice a confused look emerging on her face

"B-but why is she with you anyway?"

I scratch my head

"Well, it's not like she can be with Liliana, that's not a good place for her to be, also here she can attend Kuoh academ-"

As I was explaining, Ayumu shook her head, interrupting me

"No, no, I mean why is she staying with someone at all. Doesn't she have a house of her own?"

When she asks that, I wide my eyes and stop in shock for a moment

Noticing my sudden change, she questions while stammering

"W-what was it? Did something happened?"

So... Ayumu doesn't know...

She spent some time with Aya-chan and the others, but they probably had so much to talk about they didn't touch this subject

And now I find myself wondering how I can even break such news to her

After an unconfortable moment of silence I sigh and decide that the best is to just say it straight up

"The thing is... Aya's parents were killed in a kidnapping attempt by the Khaos Brigade"

At first Ayumu shows no reaction at all to what I said, making me wonder if it even fazed her

She blinks a few times and a soft 'Oh...' escapes her mouth

"S-she didn't told me back then, that's terrible..."

She says with a sad expression

I nod awkwardly

"Why though? Why did they went after her family?"