A Nexus Devil (Dxd x Multi Crossover)

Chapter 32: Seeing Luna Again

Chapter 32: Seeing Luna Again

Jake exited the bath feeling much better. "You know, you all didn't have to go into the bathroom with me," Jake said with a blushing sigh.

"Of course, we had to be in there with you, Young Master. It is our duty to do so after all," a maid replied to him from within the bathroom. Yes, a genuine maid. Jake had not one, not two, but three maids go into the bathroom with him to help him wash and ensure he was properly presentable as a member of the noble house of Gremory. It was quite a new experience for him...

As they were speaking of the "Noble House of Gremory," Jake had actually asked the maids about where his father was supposed to be. He had obviously noticed his absence earlier when he and Sairaorg arrived. The three maids just simultaneously grimaced at Jake's question before telling him that it was not their place to answer such a question and told him to ask his family. No matter how much he tried to pry after that, they just continued to give him the same answer.

Once he was finished cleaning off the caked over dirt and blood from his battle, the maids had helped him dry off and had him dressed in genuine clothes. He was incredibly thankful for that. Jake had been wearing nothing but Hogwarts robes for the past six months, and frankly to him, he had never "grown into liking them" as the Hogwarts students had assured him he would whenever he complained about how uncomfortable robes were. Now Jake was dressed in a well-fitting black and red shirt-vest combo with some tailor-made long black pants.

The three maids, finished with dressing their new young master, and, once finished, left the bathroom ahead of him. Jake spent another minute admiring his new clearly custom-tailored threads before heading out the door himself, wondering what he would do now.

"Hi Jake," a dreamy voice greeted him as he emerged from the bathroom door. There, sitting on his bed and gently petting a snoozing Blaze, was Luna! But this wasn't the young teenage Luna Jake had grown accustomed to. No, this was an absolutely beautiful young woman! Jake realized she'd be in her 30's now, but she didn't look a day over 20 herself. She was the same as Serafall in that regard, as her age was apparently locked in time unless she ever chose to make herself look older. Jake found himself freezing at the sight of her for how breathtaking she had grown to become. 'And her smile...' He thought to himself. It could truly be considered "dreamy" now because it had almost put him in a trance just from seeing it.

He snapped himself out of his staring at her when he remembered everything he'd just been through. Jake didn't know how to feel about seeing Luna so soon, to be honest. Did she know what would happen to him? Her contract with 5 year old Sairaorg was proof that she knew something bad would happen to him. Why didn't she warn him though!?

"Oh, Jake, I'm so sorry," Luna spoke up to him upon seeing his conflicted expression. She hated seeing that look on his face especially! As she sat up and walked towards him, she knew this conversation was still going to be a bit painful despite her preparing for it a long time coming.

"Did you know what was going to happen to me in the third task, Luna!?" Jake said accusingly, with a bit of hurt in his voice. He'd never been mad at her before. They'd never had so much as an argument back at Hogwarts. This was a first for both of them. Luna was slightly taken aback by his tone.

She took a moment to collect herself because of that. "Yes," she replied, shocking Jake. "Yes, I knew you would vanish back to your original time at the end of the third trial," she admitted.

"Why?" Jake asked. "Why not tell me?"

Luna explained, "After you left, I returned to Hogwarts, and things, for the most part, returned to normal. Well, as normal as myself being a devil could be. Once I graduated, I moved to the Underworld, where I'd stayed with the Gremory family ever since." Jake nodded along to her explanation, hoping she would justify herself so he'd stop feeling so betrayed.