Time Chamber In DxD

Chapter 31

[I'll have to talk about this with the old man as well. I don't want to come back after a few years to find out everyone's dead-]

Upon noticing how much he's come to care about the family of three, Igor smiled weakly.

[Tch. There goes my plan of not getting attached.]

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After walking in silence for a few minutes, Shuri and Igor finally approached the kindergarten that Akeno went to. It was quite noisy since there were dozens of children running around inside the fenced enclosure.

Many children stopped playing and looked at Igor. With his long blonde hair and blue eyes, Igor's appearance aroused the children's interesting. Furthermore was that he was wearing a blue haori and open-toe boots.

His appearance was completely out of place and easily garnered the children's attention.

"Hey! Look at the big brother over there."

"Whoa..."

"Awesome! He looks like Trunks!"

"Hello big brother!"

The children all ran over the fence and began calling or complimenting Igor. The blonde merely gave them a glance before focusing on finishing his lollipop.

Meanwhile, Shuri was silent the whole time. The words she heard from Igor were resounding throughout her mind over and over again.

'That's very admirable, aunty. But what if the person who's targeting Akeno is powerful? What if me or the old man aren't there?'

While she did often consider this issue, she believed she was hidden well enough.

[With Cleria-sama acting as the overseer of this town, they won't dare to come...right?]

Although she rarely engaged herself in the world of the supernatural, she was knowledgeable enough in knowing that if anyone from the Himejima clan wished to come to Kuoh, they would have to go through Cleria. With the bounded field covering the entire town, it was nigh impossible for any of the supernatural to sneak in.

Shuri was assured in Cleria's competence since not once had there been a case of stray devils, exorcists, or any other party infiltrating Kuoh without her knowledge.

[Furthermore, there's my husband and Azazel who also occasionally stay here. With these facts, no one would dare pursue us here...right?]

Her thoughts were wavering. But she couldn't ponder any further on them when Akeno came rushing through the door to the reception.

"Mama!"

Rushing towards her mother, Akeno wrapped her arms around her waist. Shuri smiled and gently rubbed her head.

"Go and fetch your bag so we can go."

"Okay~"

Turning around, she ran into the hallway towards the room where their bags were usually stored. As for Igor, he was casually paging through a few children's books placed on the shelves. With each book he paged through, his face scrunched up even more.

Faced with the onslaught of pictures of various princesses and princes, he muttered to himself.

"Praise the lord my father home-schooled me."

Shuri caught that little tidbit of information and approached the blonde.

"You never went to kindergarten."