Time Chamber In DxD

Chapter 41

[Crap! We didn't negotiate our next meetup!]

Masaomi gripped his hair in panic, internally berating himself in the process.

[You're useless Masaomi! Useless! Useless! Useless!]

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Having exited Kuoh Park, Cleria was suddenly intercepted by young man with long silver hair. Contrary to the weather aside, he was dressed in warm clothing.

Cleria noticed him and giving a friendly smile, she greeted him.

"What a lovely surprise to meet you, Shemhazai-san."

Approaching the fallen with gentle steps, extended her hand. Shemhazai took it with a kind smile.

"Indeed it is, Belial-san. You won't mind if we have a little chat, do?"

Although she was cautious at this sudden turn of events, she did not refuse him.

"Not at all, Shemhazai-san."

But hidden beneath her smile was a sense of trepidation. It had already been over half a decade since Cleria had last communicated with him. Even then, it was only a polite greeting, not this sort of drawn-out conversation.

But her years of experience weren't for naught. Hiding any sense of unease in her heart, she followed Shemhazai to a much quieter location.

The both of them eventually winded up near a tuckshop. Standing next to it, Shemhazai didn't waste time and got to the point.

"Belial-san. I came today to ask you something."

Cleria saw no reason to refuse so she nodded.

"I'm listening, Shemhazai-san."

Shemhazai quickly brought some candy from the clerk for them to chew on during their talk. Not only would this help to calm the clearly nervous Cleria, it would also seem as if he wasn't here to prod or interrogate her.

Handing her a sweet, he spoke.

"My wife has been sad that you no longer visit her."

"Oh?"

Cleria was truly surprised. She expected that Shemhazai would come here to talk about her relationship with Azazel. But upon hearing the fallen enquire about his wife, she started to relax.

Unwrapping the sweet in her hands, she responded with a relaxed smile.

"It's because I'm so busy that I don't have the time to visit her anymore."

Cleria lamented in her heart about one of her very few genuine friends. Eveline was a middle-class devil that she met around a century ago. Both of them enjoyed watching rating games and it was also because of them that they both met.

Their friendship was a fruitful one and once it was verified that Eveline didn't possess any malicious intent against her, Cleria began to truly treat her as a friend. Having been friends for decades, it came as a complete shock to her when Eveline revealed to her that she had married the Vice Governor-General of Grigori. It was three years ago when she first heard the news. She was apologising for not inviting her but Cleria understood the reasons. If word of their union went out, countless assassins would be sent to kill her.