The Esper Devil ( Esper OC X Highschool DxD )

Chapter 70 - Answers in the past

Part 1

Me and Ayumu look at each other, none of us knowing what to say at the bomb dropped at us

"W-what?"

Ayumu stammers while looking at Liliana with wide eyes

The silver haired girl shakes her head with a slight tremble to her shoulders

"Before I joined the battle with you in Kyoto I visited Aiura-san and Saiki-san, while I was there-"

"Wait, you know Aiura and Saiki?"

It's my turn to ask bewildered and Liliana nods

"Y-yes, it was Kusuke-san who made these for me..."

She says pointing at her jewelry

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you but... he was the one who asked me to keep it a secret untill he could reveal it to you."

"That does sound like him..." - Ayumu mutters and I shake my head

"I-it's fine, I was just surprised, then what happened?"

Liliana places a hand on her forehead and keeps talking

"While I was there the Caretaker showed up."

That single sentence sends a shiver down my spine and from the corner of my eye I see Ayumu shake as well

"No... b-but you said Kusuo-san was..."

Liliana nods with a terrified expression

"He stood up to the Caretaker, they were preparing to fight and then after a while I didn't had any news from them."

She looks at the device on her hand with a regretful expression

 I... thought he was going to win or at least drive him away I wasn't expecting him to... how?"

I look at Liliana probably looking as incredulous as she is

"They are asking me to come and see them... do you two wanna come?"

She asks us and I nod while looking at Ayumu

"Of course! Let's go!"

Ayumu nods along with me and Liliana wipes the tears that were starting to gather in her eyes as she summons a teleportation circle and takes us to Aiura and Kusuo-san's place

Part 2

"Liliana!"

As soon as we arrived in the cozy looking house a tanned woman with blonde hair rushed towards Liliana, only to stop as she realized we were also there.

"Oh... hello, Ayumu-chan, Tatseyo-kun"

I awkwardly wave at her

"Hello, Aiura-san, we heard from Liliana what happened and we wanted to see how you were... doing"

I say and immediately regreat afterwards, her husband just disappeared! How the hell do you think she is?!

Aiura-san shakes her head, a deeply sad expression on her face

"Thank you both of you, but... I don't know how to feel, I never expected this to happen... not to Kusuo..."

I gulp down hearing this, not sure how to answer, thankfully Liliana takes the initiative

"I'm really sorry about it Aiura, but are you sure that he was the one who was captured? Maybe he defeated the Caretaker and is now trying to track down Kuriko"

Aiura immediately shoots down that possibility with a firm headshake

"No, he would never disappear like that without warning and also, I saw it."