The Esper Devil ( Esper OC X Highschool DxD )

Chapter 29 - Flame on departure

"Ufufufufufufufufu"

I laugh fidgeting to myself

After over a week carrying out missions and dealing with paperwork, I finally got permission to go to Kuoh town and see Tachan!

"Uh? Ayumu, you have been on a very good mood recently, any good news?"

My friend Shouko asks me and I turn to her

"After all this work, I'm finally going to see Tachan again, fufufu"

He was really serious and said he had something important to show me, but I can't help looking forward to see him again!

"I see, being away from your boyfriend sure must be tough, fufufu"

I feel my face getting hotter hearing it

"H-he's not my b-b-boyfriend! Tachan and I are childhood friends, t-that's all!"

"Then why are you blushing and lauhing on your own?"

"I wasn't blushing! Tachan is my greatest friend! So of course I want to see him again!"

"Really, huh? I wonder if Kageyama-kun is on the same line as you..."

She says looking at me from head to toe

"Uh? Same line?"

She gives an impish smile and shrugs

"Well, nevermind, right now we better focus at what we have at hand"

I tilt my head and sigh

"Ah... okay"

We are currently standing on the rooftop of an hotel

"According to the device, he should be right bellow us, get ready to go in at the count of three"

"Got i!"

I crouch down and stick out my hand with flames ready to burst

"What are you doing?!"

Shouko takes me by the arm before I can take any action

"W-well I was going to cut a hole in the roof so we could get in"

Listening to me, she rolls her eyes and points down

"Or I could shut off the energy and we could get in by the window, causing less panic and leaving less evidence behind"

She says pointing downwards and creating sparkles on her fingers

"O-oh... Y-yeah, that sounds better, hehehe"

I reply rubbing the back of my head

She hits one of the energy systems and a part of the building goes completely dark

"Lets go!"

She grabs onto me and I use my flames to glide in the air while carrying her

"W-wow... working with a high ranker sure is something else, I wish I could have this support more often"

She gives a small laugh and I nervously reply

"T-that really isn't much, also, I don't think I'm good for this sort of... human missions"

Shouko tilts her head

"Eh, don't worry, I'm actually glad I have a friend as my company."

I give an awkward smile, as much as it pains me to agree, this is a low level mission. I too was surprised when they said I would have to go along on this one.

But before I can think about it any further, I feel a pinch on my forearm

"Hey, Ayumu, have you been gaining muscle again?"