The Esper Devil ( Esper OC X Highschool DxD )

by Esper-from-beyond

The era of heroes is over, with the hero association almost extinct and espers now living in secrecy, the talented son of a legendary esper couple starts attending a school which is under the control of devils. Raised with the mentality that all demons and evil spirits are enemies and carrying an enormous power that is still unknown to most devils, how will he fit in this new life?

28. First training

Part 1

"Alright, let's begin!"

Diz declares, she's now wearing a zip-up tracksuit and sneakers similar to the ones she was wearing when we rescued Aya, which makes me think this is her "battle suit"

"So this is a training dimension?"

The place where we were teleported to is a big space with lots of greenery and mountains around, but Diz said that it's totally artificial, designed for the type of training we are about to have

Speaking of it...

"What is the kind of training we are about to have?"

Diz brought me to this place but didn't exactly told me what we were going to do, in Manaki's training regimen, the top priority was "physical training", I can understand that because my natural body is nothing out of the ordinary if it wasn't for my psychic abilities

"Heh, you about to see"

Diz says as she puts on leather gloves and a black mask that resembles one of those Cenobite creatures from "Hellraiser", the one with the mouth forced open and the teeth and gums in plain sight, was it "The Chatterer"?

"You have a mask too?"

I ask and she zips it up

"Yup, Liliana-sama made it specifically for me, we only use it in Rating Games and official events though, it's kinda of a symbol, but sometimes I train with it so I can get more used to it"

I see, so their masks have a meaning of their own

She then stands on a fighting position

"Yosh! Our first training will be a melee brawl! Come at me but only with physical attacks!"

"Eh? You wanna fight already?"

I wasn't really expecting a fight right in the first day of training, but Diz makes an annoyed expression

"I can't tell how good you are if I don't fight with you! In psychic power you might be better than me with your telekinesis and whatnot, but if it's toe-to-toe then I'm confident I can beat you!"

She declares while clutching her fists and throwing a punch in the air

Wait, I can't use my psychic powers?

"Are you trying to kill me? If I don't use my powers there's no way I'll last against you!"

I say to her and she facepalms and answers me

"I'm not saying you can't use your powers, dumbass! You can use your psychic abilities to boost your speed and strength as much as you want, but no telekinesis, aura beams or explosions, I also won't use my own energy manipulation, so it's going to be fair, got it?"

I answer with an 'oh' and look at my own hand

So she's saying we are going to see who is better at boosting it's own physical skills with their psychic abilities, huh? Well, this is going to be interesting, like she said, I might have more power than her, but in a melee combat she's no doubt more suited and experienced

I get in my own fighting stance and answer her

"I see, if it's that, then you better not hold back!"

She smiles with confidence at my words

"That's the spirit, now get ready, I'm going to kick your ass!"

A dense amount of aura envelops her body and almost a moment later

VOOSH

Diz disappears! Fast! Even though she's a [Rook], she's very fast!

But that won't be enough to catch me by surprise

"To my right!"

I declare as I raise my arms and block an incoming punch from her

DOOOM

The air and ground shake at the impact of her attack

"Heh, so you noticed me? Not bad"

I smirk

"You are fast, but your presence gives you away"

"I see, then how about this? "

While still mid-air, Diz throws a kick at me

"Bad decision!"

I grab her foot and spin her around, finally darting her against the ground

"The one who made a bad decision..."

She says as she regains her balance in the middle of the impact route and kicks the ground with an absurd strength that makes it shatter

"Was you!"

She shoves her hands on the ground and pushes it sending them fly towards me

"How do you deal with this?"

I easily dodge the debris that Diz sent towards me, but then a huge stone charges towards me, Diz is behind it!

I throw a punch to try and destroy the rock, but an impact comes from the solid stone and hits my face

"Ugh!"

She used the rock so I wouldn't know how she was going to attack!

"Got you!"

The force makes me fly backwards and land on my knees

"Shit..."

I wipe the blood coming from my mouth and stand up

"Hey, compared to the Seikiryuutei and the Valkyrie, where does my punch rank?"

Diz asks while approaching me

"Not bad at all, that armour of his would have a tough time figthing you, the Valkyrie is not even worth comparing"

It's an honest praise, even if I'm not using 100%, this woman is very strong and she's not even using her energy manipulation

"But don't underestimate me!"

CRACK!

I use the same trick and kick the floor making the stones rise

"You gonna fight fire with fire?"

She asks with an instance ready to attack

"That's what you think!"

I sink my legs even further into the ground and jump at her at a speed that was further increased by using the floor

Diz couldn't catch up with the speed and I hit her straight in the stomach

"Guaah!"

She spats blood and I prepare a second attack while her guard is low but-

"What?"

In the middle of my attack, in the momentanous pause between one attack and the other, she grabbed my arm and hitted me with her elbow!

"Go away!"

She then throws me a punch with her free hand and I'm forced backwards

"Not bad, your punch is very good too"

She says to me

"Thanks, but you were able to counter me in the middle of my attack, your resistance is amazing too"

"Of course, I'm Liliana-sama's [Rook] after all"

She says like it's nothing, but it's impressive, to be able to counter an attack even while you are spatting blood from your mouth, Liliana's servants are indeed impressive

"What are you waiting for? I'm running cold here!"

She declares to me in a taunting manner

"You're gonna see!"

I jump ahead of her and we start exchanging blows, we hit ourselves on the face, chest, legs and even grap each other

"Hah, Hah, you are pretty good for a brat who never trained"

Diz says picking up her breath, her clothes are torn and that mask is covered in blood, surprisingly enough, her mask and clothes only have minor damage, guess they must have been enhanced somehow

"Hah, hah, you aren't half bad either"

I'm worst for wear, Diz is extremely strong and there are times when I was caught off guard by her intense attacks

But I'm actually happy, this is my first time training with someone, it makes me feel good that there are no lifes at stake and we are just measuring each other's strength

"Hey, how about we take this to the next level?"

She asks and I nod my head

"Sure, what you got on your mind?"

She answers in a defiying manner

"Use your 100%"

"Come again?"

I ask nervous and she replies with confidence

"Let's fight seriously now, I want you to use your 100% and all of your powers, throw me around, explode me, do whatever you can to beat me, of course I'll be doing the same as well."

I was thinking about that before, but this woman is crazy! She really wants me to use my full power against her!

"Are you looking down on me? You know that I can easily destroy a town on my 100% state, right? I can't even guarantee the stability of this dimension if I use it"

She shakes her head and steadies her stance

"I know full well how dangerous your 100% state is, that's why I want to try it first hand, don't worry about this dimension, even if it's destroyed it'll rebuild itself, or is it something else? Maybe you think I can't take it?"

I honestly think that she has no chance, Diz is indeed very powerful and could even give a powerful devil a run for his money, but I just can't see she defeating me.

"Well, I could say that I won't do it, but that wouldn't stop you, would it? I can see that you are hellbent on testing me"

"Yeah, I wouldn't let you go even if you wanted to, but who do you think you are fooling, huh? You also have a smile on your face all along"

I only then realize that I was indeed smiling during all of this, this training, it's a different feeling than that of fighting, somehow it feels kinda good actually...

"Heh, looks like I was, but to use my full power I have to be feeling something pretty strong you know, I can't just summon it out."

"Eh? You are not feeling like it yet? Do I have to punch you to get you to fight me at your fullest?"

I shake my head

"No, actually I'm starting to feel something right now"

Yes, I've been having this feeling ever since we got into this fight,

This feeling, I wonder if that's what Ayumu feels when she's training too...

I think I can release it now

"Hey Diz, don't hold a grudge against me if you end up in the hospital, alright?"

"Heh, same to you!"

Alright, let's go!

[100%]

My whole aura is unleashed through the field

"W-wow, it's the first time I'm actually seeing this, amazing"

Diz says with a bewildered voice

"Now that's it out, I just won't hold it back!"

"That's it! Come a-"

Before she can finish her sentence, I'm already by her side summoning a sphere of energy

"Bang!"

I say as the light of the explosion envelops her and destroys everything in it's path untill it finally explodes several meters away from where she was

"Don't blame me, I told it wouldn't be easy"

For a moment I think that maybe I went too far, but soon a shadow appears in front of me and lays a strong punch at my face

"Ugh!"

The pain sticks to me and the impact pushes me backwards, buy this time I'm able to land on my feet and even though I can feel my face is hot where she hit me, I'm still not bleeding

"Amazing, when you use your energy manipulation your punches become much stronger! My entire body shook just now!"

This is a league above Issei's punch, I could even say it was stronger than Durandal's aura attacks

"I told you to... uff, not underestimate me"

Diz is covered in bruises and blood, yet she's still standing with a firm battle stance

"I actually put quite some power in that attack, think you can take more?"

She laughs it off and spits her blood on the ground, the mask is now cut in several places and I can see parts of her pretty face

"Of course! Don't you dare..."

She leaps through the ground leaving cracks created by the force where she steps

"Go easy on me!"

A burst of aura flies towards me and I destroy it with my own

[Blast]

I create an explosion sending Diz backwards but instead of flying away, she pushes her heels against the ground and forces herself to charge at me again

I create an wall of explosions

"I won't stop!"

She yells and kicks the ground, the shockwave makes all the rocks fly upwards and she lifts her hand making them fly towards me, so her ability also allows her to use a certain level of telekinesis?

"This won't work!"

I use my telekinesis to destroy the stones before they reach me but Diz again uses her shockwaves in the air to create an impact that sends me backwards

"H-hey Diz, don't you think we should stop now?"

Unlike in my fight against Rias Gremory and her servants, this time I'm actually going for a swift defeat right at the beginning, I'm putting all the strength I have in my attacks, Diz is already covered in bruises and blood, her clothes are so torn that I'm almost seeing a few embarassing spots of her body, but she's unfazed by it and keeps attacking me like a mad-woman

"Shut up and fight!"

She charges at me and I use my telekinesis to push her away, but instead of crashing through the floor

[Shock Wave]

She uses her powers to move the ground around her, making the earth create a huge wall that together with her own ESP energy, stops her from going further

"Charge!"

She shouts and uses the earth beneath her to keep charging towards me, I create aura attacks and explosions but Diz returns it with her own attacks.

When she finally manages to get close to me, I use my telekinesis to push her away, I want to avoid a fist fight as much as I can, her psychic ability to create shockwaves can cause pain through my body even when it hits my barier, such a frightening woman!

But the more I use, the more it seems like it's not working, like she's getting used to it and is able to push closer and recover faster from my attacks

While in battle, I find something out that makes me step back in confusion

I see that several wounds I had inflicted upon her are no longer there

"You are... a healer?"

She smirks while taking advantage of my distraction to charge a shockwave that breaks my balance

"Took you long enough to notice!"

She finally lays her hands on me and throws a punch

I defend from it with my arm but the pain still hits me

"I won't let you go!"

She grabs my shoulders with both her hands and headbuts me

"Ouch!"

I yell in pain, but this time time I grab her arm and throw a punch at her that sends her backwards and create several explosions to harm and distract her

"So you like it in long range? Alright, I can do that too!"

Diz also projects her waves through the air and ground as long range attacks and I have to use my aura to disrupt them

I lift several rocks off the ground and throw then at her, the rocks cover her entire body

"Uaaaaaah!"

Diz yells and a powerful shockwave destroys the stones to pebles, but this is enough for me!

I make the pebles reconstruct at an incredible speed towards her, even if they are small, they'll definitely hurt if they hit her at high speed!

But her protection proves flawless as her aura destroys them after they strike her

"Is that all you got- GUAH!"

The rocks were an distraction I used to get close to her and throw a direct kick at her stomach

"You fell for it!"

I use my telekinesis to pull her close to me again and throw another punch charged with explosive energy

BAAAAAM

The explosion shakes the surroundings and Diz is throw around and lands on the ground, this time she doesn't move

"H-hey Diz? Are you alright?"

I approach her and she's laying on a crater on the ground with her arm covering her face, but she seems happy

"Kukukukuku, this was awesome..."

She's laughing with barely any energy on her voice

"Do you need help with getting up?"

She sits up, takes her mask off and looks at me

"No, I can deal with this myse- ugh!"

She tries to stand up but falls on her butt

"Don't push yourself, here let me help"

"You don't have to"

"Yes, I have, that's my fault after all"

I support Diz with my shoulder and we walk towards the shade of a tree

I help her sit with her back supported by the trunk

"So, you ran out of energy?"

I ask her

"Yeah, kinda pushed my body too hard"

"Sorry about that, I'm gonna give you a bit of my energy so you can heal yourself again"

I put my hands together and transfer some of my aura into her, since she's an esper, it should work no problem

Afterwards, Diz clutches her fist and a white aura envelops her body as her wounds start to close

She sneers

"Impressive, thanks for this, but don't say 'I am sorry' to me, you did exactly what I asked, I'm really glad I got to fight with you, Kageyama family's espers sure are something else"

Diz happily says as she gazes into the sky

"Thanks, but you did pretty good too, there are not many people who could put up a fight like me in my 100% like you did, you really are very strong"

I say as I hand to her a bottle of water, part of the supplies she brought when we arrived

"Guess we both did well then" - She says taking a gulp from the bottle, her voice seems much soother than before, is she really that happy she fought with me?

"So... you are a healer too?"

I wasn't expecting two healers on the same team, after all, in RPG's and things like that, all teams usually just have one healer, like in Rias-senpai's case

She shakes her head

"I'm not like Galard if that's what you are thinking and I'm also not like you. I can't create healing energy like him and my telekinesis isn't as great as yours, but my skill [Shock Wave] also allows me to create healing waves that heal the others around me and myself, but it's a pain in the ass, so Galard is the main healer of our team"

Healing waves... I heard about that once, Diz' power is to manipulate and create waves, this is the first time I meet someone like this

"Why is it a pain the ass?"

I ask as I drink from another water bottle

"My waves have different functions, I can use them to manipulate things like you with telekinesis, to destroy stuff and also to heal others, but it's gotta be the right frequency and controlling it is difficult, so I decided to focus on destructive power since I'm a [Rook] anyway. Also, unlike Galard, anyone in the range of my healing waves will be healed if they are hit by it, including the enemy, so it's dangerous to use it in a very wide area"

Healers can redirect their healing aura however they like, so it's nearly impossible for an enemy to be healed accidentaly, but if it's waves, then they might heal the enemy if it reaches them

"I see, it's quite amazing though, you and Galard break the image people have of healers as the weak guys who stay on the rearguard"

Diz laughs at my commentary

"Hahaha, you are right, Liliana-sama won't take anyone weak into her peerage, so a healer that's only good for healing wouldn't please her"

Makes sense, Asia is actually a great example, if you take away her healing skill, then she quickly becomes useless, she can't fight by herself and any attack slightly above human level will knock her out in no time. Asia is like most healers, even in the esper world there are the support types who are no good at fighting.

"You too need to improve yourself, you know?"

I throw a question mark at her

"What? Did I do something wrong?"

She puts the bottle down and massages her own shoulder

"Well, putting it bluntly, you are too predictable"

"You mean you can see through my movements?"

She makes a troubled expression

"Not exactly that, but you always use the same three main attacks: Explosion, aura and telekinesis, you also only have 6 attacks if you exclude your physical ones"

She only got me more confused

"Six attacks? What do you mean?"

She lifts six fingers and starts counting them

"Your explosion is a pretty handy attack, you can create them anywhere at anytime so it's good to take someone by surprise, but if you use it constantly it gets repetitive and I started predicting when you would use"

She then puts one finger down

"Regarding your aura attacks, you only have two types: Aura shots that you use to destroy at mid and long range and aura liberation that you use more for defensive purposes"

Two fingers down

"And then there's your telekinesis, it's very powerful, I could barely defend against it, but you only have three attacks with it, you either throw the opponent around, throw things at him or reflect the attacks combining it with your energy manipulation. You also have the power to reconstruct matter that I saw when you were regenerating, but you rarely used that to attack me"

Then her hand returns to normal and she looks at me

"You used some pretty clever strategies when we were figthing, but I think you could do so much more if you tried developing new techniques"

I'm beyond impressed at what she told me, she saw through my battle style so easily

"That's amazing, you reached that conclusion with just one fight?"

She scratches the back of her head

"Heh, it wasn't much, really"

"You must have gone through a lot of fights to be able to see through someone like that, I never realized my figthing style was so predictable"

It's true that I rely a lot on strength to beat my enemies, so strategy and tecnique are something I never thought much about, as I'm thinking about that I look at Diz who seems to be a bit sad

"Fights... yes, I went through a lot of fights..."

She says looking at her own hand

"Are you alright, Diz-chan?"

"Ye-yeah! I'm alright!"

She says snapping back to reality

"Anyway, I can't do much about technique, I'm a muscle head myself, but if there's one thing I can help you is in building physical strength and teaching you hand-to-hand combat"

"Hand to hand combat... I never trained that before"

"It was pretty obvious, your punches and kicks have the same level of a child brawl, it's all basic attacks with a lot of strength and you also don't have such a sturdy body as you could have with your level of psychic power, so I'm gonna help you on that"

I never trained martial arts or anything of the sort in my entire life, my punches and kicks are the same as any normal person would give, only boosted to absurd levels of power by my esper abilities. Diz is also right regarding my physical abilities, if an attack can break through my defence then I'll receive great damage, like her shockwave showed me

"Thanks Diz-chan I really appreciate it, sorry if I insulted you before"

Now I feel bad for calling her a 'giantess'

"Don't worry, I'm also sorry for calling you a pervert"

We stay quiet for a while, untill Diz seems to have remembered something

"That's right! Hey, Kageyama-kun..."

"Tatseyo"

"Huh?"

Diz asks in confusion, this is actually the first time she has called me by my name instead of "boy", so I feel like I'm getting closer to her

"You can call me Tatseyo, I've been calling you Diz all along so you can call me by my first name too, even though I don't actually know your last name..."

Diz is a very strange sounding name, but well, so does Rias and Rossweisse, I assumed that it's because she's a foreigner

"Oh, it's because... Diz is not actually my true name, Liliana-sama gave me that when I joined her"

"Really? Why?"

Just like the situation with Koneko? Is she wanted somehow?

Diz has a bitter expression when answering, like she's having not so pleasant memories

"I left the country and the tribe I lived when I decided to follow Liliana-sama, because of that I had to forsake my name as well..."

So I was right, she is foreigner, but she lived in a tribe?

"I'm sorry to hear that, did they do something bad to you?"

She shakes her head

"No, I just... didn't belong there anymore"

It's a very vague answer, but I don't think pushing her will do any good

"I see, w-well, what you were going to ask me anyway?"

"Ah, right, that!"

She cleans her throat returning to the past subject

"What were you feeling when figthing me?"

Diz then looks up

"You have to be feeling something strong to go 100%, right?"

Oh, yeah, I never told her that

I then smile and look at the sky, even if it's an artificial dimension, it feels very real, but just like Diz said, the destruction we created has already rebuilt

"Happiness"

I then look at Diz, who has a surprised expression on her face

"Hahahaha, were you you so pissed at me that you couldn't wait to punch me?"

I smile at her

"Hahaha, that's not it. The thing is that I was really happy when fighting you, Diz-chan, it was my first time doing it and I was pissed off at first, but when we got into it, I realized I was becoming fond of it. It was very fun to have my first training with you, you were amazing too"

Diz face becomes beet red at my answer and she answers with a tone of voice I've never heard out of her

"W-w-what do you mean by that? F-f-f-first time? I knew it! Pervert! Deliquent Casanova! Yakuza Don Juan! Is Liliana-sama not enough for you?"

Diz stands up and starts mangling away from me all the way calling me things like that

"W-what? What did I do? Wait, are you really okay to be walking like this?"

I ask as I look at the way she's walking, but Diz turns to me wit her face still red

"Don't come closer to me! I'm going back now!"

She says as a magic circle envelops her

"Diz, wait! I need you-"

"Don't say you need me, you idiot!"

She goes away in the light of the magic circle leaving me talking to myself

"To go back..."

I have no idea how to get out of this training dimension! Diz took me here by herself so I don't know how to make a portal to get out!

"Why the hell did she act that way? Ahhh, how the fuck do I get outta here now?"

I start looking around trying to find an exit, but there are no doors in here. Well, if I wait, then they'll notice I'm still here, but how long is that gonna take? Maybe if I destroy this dimension? But it regenerates, right? And even if I destroy it enough to be able to escape, wouldn't that cause trouble?

"What should I do..."

Just as I said that, the world around me is enveloped in darkness and a sweet voice calls my name

"Tatseyo, guess who~"

I clearly recognize the gentle voice that just called me

"...Mayumi?"

"Ding! You guessed right!~"

The hands covering my eyes withdraw and I turn around to see the purple haired girl with a smile on her face

"I came here to check on your training with Diz-chan, did you already finished?"

I nod my head and scratch my cheek

"Ye-yeah, but something happened and she kinda left me here with no idea of how to come back"

Mayumi tilts her head with a confused face and giggles

"Ara ara, well, that's Diz-chan for you..."

She then looks around and turns to me again

"Well, since we are here would you like to train with me too?"

I step back in surprise

"You mean figthing with you?"

I'm not really in the mood to fight again, specially with a girl such as Mayumi, but she just giggles and waves her hand

"No, no, I mean training on your technique, Manaki-chan also said that you need to improve it, right?"

"So you also received the report?"

She nods her head

"Diz-chan sure can help you improve in your battle skills, but you also need to improve and create new techniques, that is my speciality"

During the fight against that stray demon, Mayumi showed a frightening ability to control air and gases, she's probably one of the best to teach me on how to use my technique

"A-alright then, so where do we begin?"

Mayumi points to an area filled with trees

"Shall we go there?"

We walk towards the location and she takes a deep breath

"Ah, even if it's an artificial dimension the air here is so clean!"

"For someone who is an aerokinetic like you the air must be pretty important"

She puts a hand under her chin and answers

"Thank you, but you know, I'm actually not aerokinetic"

"Eh, you're not?"

Considering her skill and the way she controlled the air, I assumed that she was aerokinetic, but she puts her hand forward

"I'm actually a telekinetic just like you"

She says and lifts a few pebles and leafs on the ground up in the air

"W-wait? So you are telekinetic? Then why do you use aerokinesis?"

Mayumi gently starts motioning her hand and the wind around the small stones and leafs starts to dance, making them dance along with it

"My telekinesis is nowhere near you, Kageyama-san or Lady Tatsumaki in power, so in order to become more battle ready, I created this technique combining telekinesis with elemental magic, [Wild Wind]"

She declares and the wind starts to motion in a circular maner like a... like a tornado!

CRACK CRACK

Soon, the stones and leafs are reduced to nothing at pressure of her attack

But Mayumi turns to me with a gentle smile

"This attack reminded you of something?"

I nod

"Mom's signature move, that rendered her the nickname "Tornado of Terror", only with aerokinesis instead of telekinesis"

Mayumi looks pleased

"Yes! I'm also a fan of Lady Tatsumaki myself, you know?"

"Ye-yeah, this is pretty impressive, but your technique is also a great fit with your skill"

She nods her head

"Huhuhu, so you noticed it, yes, my skill [In the Air Tonight] allows to manipulate the concentration of gas present in the air"

A frightening skill, one wrong move with this girl can easily cost your life, she also is a telepath, a teleporter and by what it seems, excels in demonic power, yet...

"Huh? Is there something on my face?"

She asks with a confused expression

"N-no, sorry if I was staring"

Yet she seems completely harmless! She's a beauty with a gentle smile, sweet voice and a behaviour that's almost motherly, you would never guess that she's a powerful esper and a devil [Queen] on top of that!

"Fufufu, now, it's true that I built my technique in order to complement my skill, but... I've heard that you don't have a skill, right?"

"Y-yes, I don't have a skill..."

She closes her eyes and claps her hands together

"Well, don't worry, I'm sure that we'll be able to find it"

Mayumi says this with a smile, so she also believes that I have my skill dormant somewhere?

"But I wonder if I should help you after what you did to me..."

Mayumi crosses her arms on her chest with a grumpy look on her face

"W-what? Have I done something to you?"

I can't remember anything I could have done to make Mayumi mad, was it something I said?

"That's not good Tatseyo, you'll never be popular if you can't even find out what you did wrong"

I keep thinking about what I could have done, but I can't remember it

"I-I'm sorry, whatever I did you, I seriously didn't meant"

"Uhm..."

Mayumi looks back at me while pouting before smiling again and poking me in the chest

"Ok, but just because you look cute when you're sad"

Cute... that's surely a word that people usually don't use when they describe me

"Thanks, but what did I do to you?"

"You really don't remember?"

I scratch my face

"So-sorry, I don't"

She sighs and points at me

"My number, you dummy! I gave you my cellphone number and you never called me, not even once!"

"T-that?"

I ask in surprise, I never even thought about that

"Of course! When a girl gives you her number she expects you to call her back, I got offended when you didn't, you know?"

When she talks like that, it does seem obvious, but I was never in this kind of situation before

"Sorry, I kinda... never received the phone number of a girl I knew before, so I didn't know what do to, sorry"

She gives me an impish smile

"Really? You never got a girl's number before?"

"Well, there were times when girls hitted on me, but..."

"Eh? So you are a lady killer? I seriously didn't expected this from you..."

I cross my arms in front of my chest

"Of course not! Those girls only hitted on me because they thought I was a deliquent or something!"

It's a rare event, but there are girls in this world who are attracted by evil-looking guys, and there were times when they hitted on me thinking I was a deliquent, I never knew how to react because I'm not one!

Sincerely, it either scares people or makes they like me based on wrong assumptions...

"Hey, cheer up a little"

I feel a tug on my sleeve that brings me back to reality

"Ah, sorry...

"Don't make that sad face, me, Liliana-sama and I'm sure that are plenty of other people out there that like you without assuming wrong things."

She says that with a scolding look on her face before smilling again

"Were you reading my mind?"

She shrugs

"Maybe, or maybe your feelings were all over your face again?"

So she won't say... telepaths sure are a weird bunch, but I'm actually very happy to hear this from her

"Thank you, Mayumi..."

She then lifts a finger

"But don't think that you are off the hook just yet, I'm going to make you pay for giving me a cold shoulder"

"What? It thought you said you had forgiven me?"

"I did, but you're still going to retribute me, got it?"

I laugh a little, this girl...

"Alright, I'm going to pay you back somehow"

Mayumi gives a broad smile before turning back

"But for now, I think we can already work with what you have, tell me, do you have any techniques that you already worked at?"

Technique... a creative way to use your powers in a strategic manner

"Well, I have my [Reconstruct], I use my telekinesis to rebuild or even build things with it, I can use my energy transfer to power-up other espers as long as they are around me, I can also do something that ressembles clorokinesis if I manipulate the flux of energy from plants and also counter attacks with my energy manipulation and telekinesis... aside from that I can't think of much"

"Oh my, this is bad, such a waste of potential"

Mayumi makes a troubled expression while laying her head on one of her hands

"R-really?"

"Of course, with your abilities I believe you could do so much better, with your energy manipulation and telekinesis I can see endless technique possibilities for you"

She says it with such a happy expression that I can only think of one thing

"I take you already thought of techniques for myself?"

"Ara? Did I made it so obvious? Fufufufu"

I knew it, there was no way she was this happy over nothing

"This time it was you who had it written all over your face"

I say it as a payback for last time but Mayumi just laughs again

"Fufufufu, guess it was, or maybe you have become better at reading me?"

Mayumi throws a suggestive glance that makes me shiver

"E-eh, what?"

"Fufufu, I'm just teasing you"

"You too?"

First Liliana and now she'll keep teasing me too?

"Fufufu, well, it's true that I've been thinking about some techniques that we can develop with your powers, for example, if you can manipulate energy, have you ever thought about controlling the temperature and weather?"

I nod my head

"Yeah, in fact other people have already told me about it, I can absorb and create termic energy manipulate the umity in the air, but using that in fights isn't a good option because I'm not a technique type"

Aside from doing a few tricks, I have never used it in battle

"Well, it's about time someone teach you how to do it, give me your hand"

Mayumi takes my hand and points it forward

"I'm going to help you, first you concentrate and breath in and out"

"O-okay"

I try to forget the fact that Mayumi is very close and holding my hand and try to focus

"That's right, now feel the air around you, the wind, the grass beneath your feet and the sky above our heads

I let my aura envelop me and sense my surroundings while trying to keep my breathing steady

"Try closing your eyes, sometimes our surroundings become feel even more clearer when we just let our other senses do all the work"

I close my eyes for a moment

"Good, now feel the warmth around you, focus on everything that resembles heat and absorb it"

I do exactly as Mayumi says and I gradually start to feel hot, like everything around me has become stuffier and stuffier to the point where I'm starting to sweat

"W-what is this?"

Mayumi, still grabing my hand answers

"I'm helping you to sense the heat around us, it's one of the perks of my air technique. Keep focusing, now open your eyes slowly as you absorb the heat around us and try to make it take shape"

"Understood, any specific shape?"

She shakes her head

"The one that is easiest for you to imagine"

I start to take away the thermic energy that's flowing around us and shape into a ball of concentrated heat, that I envelop in my own aura so it doesn't scorch us

"Nice, you are doing really good!"

Mayumi states while looking at the hot sphere with interest

"But it's getting cold here, isn't it?"

"Of course it is, 293 Kelvin and dropping"

"A thermometer too?"

"You got it"

Why am I not surprised...

"Now, in order not to freeze yourself, you have to direct some of this energy to you, think you can do it?"

"Of course"

I start absorbing the heat in order to not let us freeze in the lowering temperatures I'm causing

"Good, keep this up, soon you might start feeling a-"

COUGH COUGH

After Mayumi says this I start coughing and feel a litle light-headed

"Hey Mayumi, what's happening?"

I ask and she gives a smirk

"Isn't it obvious? You are starting to freeze the components of air itself"

"W-what?"

Despite the absurd I just heard, Mayumi keeps talking with a satisfied expression

"Oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, all the components that make up the air we breath have a freezing point in which they'll turn solid, we are starting to reach that point now"

"Really? So fast? COUGH COUGH, what should I do then?"

It's starting to get worse, so that must be it, I never thought about it, but if I take too much thermic energy, obviously the air will freeze as well.

"Don't worry, I'll use my skill to create an atmosphere of our own around us, so don't worry"

Mayumi's skill allows her to create and manipulate the gas concentration, so she can even create a small atmosphere? That's dreadful

"Nice, can you see that? It's the oxygen starting to freeze"

At this point, the ball of thermic energy has already reached a point that it's bigger than me

"Mayumi, I think I have reached the breaking point, anymore than that won't happen"

She nods with a curious glance

"I see, even if you are powerful, reaching the absolute zero is still something you can't do"

Absolute zero? Does she mean zero Kelvin? Isn't that something that should be impossible to be reached?

"Well, how about we let this bad boy loose now?"

She says pointing to the blazing hot sphere

"R-really? Isn't that dangerous? Wouldn't it be better to just return the energy slowly?"

The accumulated heat has made this ball into a bomb, if I let this go, the damage would be enormous

But Mayumi gives a small laugh and shakes her head

"Relax, this is a simulated dimension, you can do as much damage as you want in here, so don't worry and let's see what this can do"

"Okay, if you say so..."

I lift the sphere high in the air and prepare to throw it towards the forest area that now has it's plants completely withered and dead because of the cold

"Wait!"

Mayumi exclamates and I stop before throwing it

"What happened?"

She lifts a finger and says

"The name!"

"What name?"

She then makes a cute angry expression

"The name of the technique! Every technique has to have a name, so how are you going to name this?"

Name my technique?

I look at the huge red ball I have in my hands and start thinking of several names for it, all of them referring the sun

Wait, wasn't [The Sun] a stand in part 3? There was also another stand with heat powers in this part...

I get it! Yes, it's gonna be it!

"Take this! [Magician's Red]!"

The sphere explodes and an enormous amount of heat is liberated at once, creating an explosion that incinerates everything on it's path, I threw it pretty far away from us and I still have my barrier erected, but even so I can feel the heat from here

"Hahaha! That was amazing Tatseyo! So are you going to name that fireball as Magician's Red?

I nod

"Ye-yeah... I kinda came up with it on the spot"

She nods seeing pleased with the name

"Well it does match the type, but what about the ice?"

"Huh?"

"The cold that you create is different from the ball of heat created by it, so how are you going to name it?"

I have to name that too?

"Uh... a technique to freeze everything around me..."

There's only way to name it!

"[White Album], of course!"

I declare proudly, but Mayumi gives a gleeful laugh

"The Beatles album? That's a nice name, fufufu"

Well, she didn't get the references, but I don't think I should explain it to her

"Th-thanks, but doesn't this technique has a too big of a drawback?"

If I freeze the oxygen around me I won't be able to breath while using it, then it doen't make sense!

"Don't worry about this, I'm going to train you so you cam improve your control over the freezing area, also, you can use your telekinesis to manipulate things at atomic level, right?"

I nod

"Yes, I use mostly to fix my wounds"

She smiles

"Then I can teach you to manipulate air as well, it wouldn't be weird if we could create a technique similar to my [skill]"

"Re-really?!"

She gives a smile

"Well, [skills] are an exclusive thing, so I can't say you'll be able to do it as good and as fast I can, but if we work on it enough you should be able to go tn space just fine, huhuhu"

"Space? Are you serious?"

Kuriko once told me that she and her father were able to breath in space, when I heard that I was totally blown away, the only way an esper can go there is by using a barrier to prevent the earth atmosphere from leaving them, but of course it's only temporary, since you'll eventually consume all the oxygen. But if I can manipulate gas, then maybe I can also breath where there's no atmosphere?

"Fufufufu, you seem happy"

"Ah, sorry, it's my first time praticting something like this"

Mayumi throws me an impish smile

"Saying things like "first time" in front of girl, how naughty, fufufu"

"I didn't meant it that way!"

"I'm just messing with you"

She says while putting her tongue out, ah, I wonder if every training session is going to be like this...

"Hey, Tatseyo, can I ask you to show me something as well?"

She throws me a curious glance

"Of course, what is it?"

Mayumi creates a small wind between her hands

"You said you can boost someone's power by lending them your aura, can you do it to me?"

One of the techniques I have is one that father created, by using my ability to lend energy to another esper, I can boost their powers several times, but there's a side effect

"I don't think that's a good idea, when I increae someone's power they tend to go out of control"

The problem is that I can't control how strong you will become, so it's like increasing a strength so suddenyl that you won't be able to keep it in check

But Mayumi gives me a pleading look

"Please~~, I promisse I'll go easy and there is no problem in destroying this place"

That's unfair! I can't deny her when she asks me like this!

"Ah, okay, come here"

"Yay!"

Mayumi happily declares and gets closer to me, this time I am the one who holds her hand

"Wow! I can feel my aura increasing by a lot!"

"Be careful, alright? I can't tell how exactly your power will have increased"

"Don't worry, let's start with something light"

Mayumi puts her hand forward and a small spiral of wind starts forming on it

"Okay, just a warm up attack"

VOOOOOSH

Despite her words, an immense gust of wind leaves Mayumi's hand and sweeps the battlefield, destroying everything on its' path and leaving us both with our hair messed by the wind and with wide dumbfounded eyes

"Eh? What was that?"

She asks looking at her own hand

"What do you mean 'What was that' I told you to hold back!"

I say to her and she answers with a confused look

"B-but I was holding back! That was supposed to be a light attack!"

We look again at the path of destruction caused by that tornado and I sigh

"Sorry, I told you, when I lend my power to another esper the results are... unpredictable"

"Fufufufu, that was fun!"

Mayumi seems very happy despite of what happened

"W-what?"

"It was really fun, also, I was able to unleash one of my most powerful attacks and I'm not tired at all, this skill of yours could be really usefull at an all out battle"

I look at her wordlessly and laugh

"Hahaha! I always thought this technique was dangerous, even my teachers told me that power without control was damaging, that's why I didn't used it, but you can see the good side even on something like this..."

I look at Mayumi, who approaches me with a gentle smile on her face

"All techniques are useful in their own way, there is no technique in this world who doesn't serve a purpose, even the most silly-sounding technique can become dangerous in the right hands..."

Then she throws a bitter glance the floor

"Trust me, I've seen it..."

"Are you okay?"

She then looks at me, smiling again

"Yes, yes, just remember what I told you, okay? I'm gonna train you a lot more from now on, so have more confidence in yourself"

I smile at her and slightly bow my head

"Understood, Kanagawa-sensei"

I say to her in a mocking manner

"Mou, I might be older than you but I'm still young, so don't go calling me 'sensei', fufufu"

We both start laughing, the mood having become light again.

It's hard to believe than a few days before I was head struck into killing devils, now I'm actually able to have such a good time with them

It's all thanks to her... Liliana

When I think about it, it's when I realize how much I and other people owe to her

Someone then flicks my forehead

"Mou, you are thinking about Liliana-sama again!"

"I-I... wait, you were reading my mind again?"

Mayumi continues while ignoring my question

"It's rude to be with a girl while thinking about another one, you know?"

She says while pouting

"I-I am sorry?"

Mayumi sighs

"Ah, you really are helpless, but..."

She then hugs my arm and I can feel her breats pressing up against it!

"I don't hate that about you"

"Ma-Mayumi, you are too close"

"Fufufu, don't worry, I'm going to teach you a few things"

Somehow, I don't think she's talking about training!

"T-things?"

"Yes, everything about how treating a girl right"

She says while holding my arm tighter and looking directly at me with her beautiful purple eyes!

AAAHHH, what am I supposed to do in this situation? Just go with the flow? Right here?

Then, as if saving me from this embarassing situation a magic circle appears

Mayumi gives a sigh and let go off my arm

"Ah, spoilsport, let's continue this another time, okay?"

She says winking at me and answers the magic circle

"Liliana-sama? Yes, we have finished our training with Tatseyo as well... understood"

After hanging up she looks at me

"Liliana-sama and Aya-chan have finished their training, shall we go meet them? I'll also teach you how to come in and out of this dimension"

"Y-yes, let's go"

Part 2

After Mayumi taught me the secret passegeway to get in and out of the training dimension, we left for the same room where we had met Liliana before

"Ah, Tatseyo! Mayumi!"

Liliana happily greets us as she drinks a colorful drink out of a cocktail glass

"Hi, is Aya-chan not here yet?"

There's only me, Liliana and Mayumi here

"Ah, she wanted to be toured around the garden for a while, so I left her and Galard in there for a while, soon they'll be here"

Galard is a clorokinetic, so it's not a suprise that there must be a garden around here, I also would want to see it

I sit by Liliana's side and Mayumi sits at the other one

"So, how was training for the first time in your life?" - Liliana asks while finishing her drink and putting the glass on the table

I laugh a little while massaging my own neck

"Tough, Diz-chan surely didn't hold back and Mayumi is a good teacher"

She shoots a little glance at Mayumi, who has an impish smile

"Fufufu, I'm looking forward to train him even more"

Liliana's golden eyes wide

"Eh? What do you mean? Did she do something to you?!"

Liliana throws her arms around my neck and pushes me towards her big boobs, I can't breathe! But I also don't wanna get out! What kind of feeling is this?

"Fufufu, don't worry, I wouldn't do anything to Tatseyo's inocence"

The silver haired beauty starts stroking my hair while still holding me against her bust

"Mou, I won't give Tatseyo to anyone"

This is good, absurdly good! How can such simple gestures feel so great?

"Th-th-thank you, Li-Liliana..."

I say pushing myself away from her while grasping for air, free from the incredible but smoothering feeling from Liliana's hug

"Thank you for what?"

She asks with a confused expression

"Ah, n-nothing"

I say turning my head to the side to hide my embarassament

"Fufufufufu"

I hear Mayumi's teasing laugh, damnit, she definitely knows what's going on

Liliana then returns to her usual posture

"Well, I'm glad that things went smoothly, I think tomorrow it's Manaki's and Galard's turn, are you okay with training with them?"

I nod

"Of course"

Liliana smiles and says 'that's great then', but then a communication circle again appears in front of Mayumi

"Ah, excuse me, it seems like my presence is requested in the casino's area"

Mayumi bows and teleports out of the room

"Running a casino must be hard..."

I let it slip, sometimes I almost forget that this is a casino and their workplace

"It's business as usual, after all have to manage to balance our responsibilities as devils with the work here at the Dark Devil Casino"

After she said the name of the Casino, it actually reminded me of another thing I shoud have asked her long ago

"Hey, Liliana... why did you named this place Dark Devil Casino?"

She tilts her head and answers

Oh right, I never explained it to you, did I? Well, Dark Devil is actually the nickname I gained in the underworld."

"Nickname?"

She nods

"In the underworld, devils usually gain nicknames, Rias is the "Crimson Princess of Ruin", her brother is know as the "Red Satan", Issei is the "Oppai Dragon", Mayumi is know as "The Poisoner Queen" and I gained the nickname "Dark Devil" after my debut in the rating games"

I can totally understand most of these nicknames, but...

"What the hell does "Oppai Dragon" mean?"

Issei is a guy obsessed by breasts, I know that and everyone who spends more than a hour around him knows that too, but has this fame spread so much that even the devils nicknamed him because of that?

"It's hard to explain, well, if you stick around him for enough time you'll see..."

Liliana says with a troubled expression

"So Dark Devil is your nickname..."

I say as I remember the words that Kuriko told me

"Hey, is something wrong?"

Liliana asks looking at me

"W-well, remember when I said that I asked Kuriko to do a reading of my abilities?"

She nods

"Yes, what about it?"

I scratch my cheek not knowing exactly how to put it

"Well... she also saw my future in a dream of hers, she said I was going to meet a Dark Devil and that would change my life"

I then give a small laugh

"Guess that she was right, huh?"

I say looking at Liliana who seems taken by surprise

"R-really? Kuriko-chan really predicted that we two would meet?"

She says with her eyes sparkling and grabing my hand

"Y-yeah, she said that if I went to Kuoh we would end up meeting, but just like her, she didn't gave me anymore information about who it would be, so I was looking for the Dark Devil ever since I arrived there, but I think you ended up finding my first, hahahaha!"

I laugh while reminding myself of our first encounter, but Liliana simply lets go off my hands and looks ahead with a big blush on her face

"I-I see..."

"Huh? Is something the matter?"

She shakes head and turns to me, but isn't looking at my face

"It's just that... it feels like we were destined to meet each other, it's a bit embarassing, isn't it?"

"Ah, ah..."

I also look away embarassed, I hadn't even thought of it! But it really is embarassing! I just said to a girl that I was destined to meet her!

"Sorry about it, I didn't thought of it that way. W-well, she also said that I would have to choose between two paths after meeting you..."

Liliana's face then returns to a serious tone

"Do you think she was talking about the evil pieces?"

I nod, I've been thinking about it for a while, is there any other thing that could be it? It's plainly obvious that it must be choosing between continuing as human or becoming a devil, but even so... the choice is obvious

"You don't want to become a devil, right?"

Liliana asks and I shake my head

"I'm sorry, but I still wanna be with you all"

"I see, then it doesn't matter..."

Liliana then laughs and turns to me with a big smile on her face

"Because... I'm happy you are with me!"

I turn my head down, cute! Liliana is incredibly cute! How the hell am I supposed to look at her?

"Y-yeah, I'm also happy to be with you..."

Ah, my face must be so damn red!

"Tatsyo-san, Liliana-ane!"

The doors opens and Aya-chan, Manaki and Galard come walking through the door

"Ah, A-Aya-chan!"

I stand up to greet her

"Galard, Manaki, hello there!"

Liliana greets them too

"Tatseyo-san!"

Aya runs to my side

"How was it with her?"

Liliana asks her two companions

A healthy laugh echoes from Galard

"She's a really nice young lady... kinda reminds me of you in your childhood Liliana-sama, ah, you used to climb on my back and..."

"Ah! Stop, stop! Don't say it!"

Liliana-san is quick to interrupt his words waving her hands fiercely in a sign for him stop, her face is tottaly red... it's kinda cute

"... Aya-chan sure demonstrates a lot of potential for magic"

Manaki says, I'm happy to hear it, not only for Aya's well being but also for my own curiosity, as someone who lived most of my life surrounded by espers, someone who can use magic trully intriguates me.

"Is everything alright?"

Aya-chan nods her head

"Yes! After the training they showed me around the garden, it's really beautiful! There were all kinds of plants, some I didn't even know existed!"

Well, one of Galard's speciality is clorokinesis, no suprise the garden here must be something amazing

"It's getting late, I think you should head home for now, Tatseyo, tomorrow we'll begin your routine"

"Yes, I'll be here, hey Liliana-san, can I ask you something else?"

Liliana tilts her head

"Uh? What is it?"

"Aya-chan told me you deactivated the seals around my house all by yourself, how did you do it?"

The question that was on the back my head comes back now, but the reception I get is far from what I expected

Galard and Manaki look at Liliana with terrified eyes, almost as if they are scared of the answer

Liliana's eyes wide and she answers in a nervous tone

"T-that's a bit complicated... I'm going to explain it to you... eventually, just not today, alright?"

The surprised look on Liliana's face and the nervous expressions of her servants tell me that I really shouldn't pursue it further

"O-okay, well, see you later then"

Liliana's expression then returns to normal and her servants seem to be relieved that I dropped the subject

"Don't forget, the current objective is for you to master your 100%! Today was only the first day, be ready to meet hell!"

"Go ahead, give me your worst!"

The mood becomes light again and we all give a few laughs before Aya and I use the circle to go back to my house, or is it our house now?

Part 3

Aya and I are having dinner while discussing a few things, untill she touches a particular subject

"Tatseyo-san, do you have any friends outside town?"

"Uhm, friends? Well I do have a few but... you see, most people end being afraid of me because of my looks and even espers because of my family and powers are hesitant in approaching me"

"I'm sorry to hear that"

She says and I wave my hand

"Don't worry, I have a few esper friends, I have you, Liliana-san and even a childhood friend"

"A childhood friend?"

"Yeah, Ayumu..."

Wait... Ayumu?

"Damnit, I almost forgot about something!"

I say standing up from the table and taking to my cellphone

"W-what happened?"

Aya-chan asks and I answer while searching fror the number

"I have a friend called Ayumu Yatshushiro, I promissed that once the things here had settled down I would call her so she could come here"

I dial the number and it rings for a few moments before I hear the familiar voice of my childhood friend from it

"Tachan?"

"Ayumu! I've been meaning to call you, how are you?"

Ayumu answers in a nearly scolding tone

"Thank God! What took you so long? I was worried about you!"

I really took long to call her, didn't I? It's just that there was so much happening...

"I'm sorry, Ayumu, but a lot of things have happened since the last time I called you"

A curious reply comes from the other side of the line

"Huh? What things? Is everything alright? "

"Oh, yes, everything is alright it's just that..."

I freeze for a moment, how the heck am I supposed to explain all of these things to her through the phone? I was barely able to believe when it was right in front of me!

"Tachan? Are you okay?"

I realize that I was probably holding up for longer than I thought

"Y-yeah, look Ayumu... are you still interested in coming to Kuoh town?"

That's it, if I'm going to explain things to Ayumu, then it's gotta be face to face, I have to show her the things I've seen otherwise she won't believe it

"Really?! You mean I can go there?"

She says in a very excited voice

"Y-yes, there are things I need to talk to you and it's gotta be in person, there are also people I need to introduce to you"

Her voice returns to a nervous tone

"S-sure, is it something serious?"

I nod even though she can't see me

"Yes, I'm afraid it is serious, but trust me, you wanna see this and don't worry, I'm not in danger"

"A-alright, I just have to solve a few things here and talk to the Council, after that I'll go straight there, alright?"

"Yes, that's good and Ayumu..."

"Yes?"

This is probably the most important part of this conversation

"When you arrive in Kuoh town you might notice something is out of place, but I need you to be calm and please, unless you are attacked or see an evil spirit, do not attack any devils or youkais in this town, this is very important, you understand?"

Ayumu doesn't answers me for a while but then finally answers

"O-okay, but why?"

I sigh, it's really hard to explain...

"Well, in this town they happen to have some sort of agreement that they won't hurt humans, in fact some are even protecting it, so unless they try something against you, please refrain from interacting with them untill I introduce you"

"W-what? Are you serious? Demons protecting a town?"

I put my hand against my forehead, as expected, something like that is almost impossible to believe in

"I know it sounds ridiculous, but trust me, it will all make sense once I show you, so please trust me"

I am asking too much, I realize that, I'm asking for Ayumu to come to a town she doesn't know promissing to show her something utterly ridiculous that even I didn't knew about untill a little time ago.

"Tachan... you are being a bit scary..."

"I know, I'm sorry Ayumu, but you are one of the few people I can trust with this..."

After a few moments of silence, her voice answers in an anoyed, but confident tone

"Geez, alright! I'm going to trust you, after all what kind of friend would I be if I didn't? But you better be ready to explain everything to me once I arrive!"

I smile and breath out in relieve

"Thank you, Ayumu, see you later then"

"Goodbye Tachan, see you soon"

I hang up and keep staring at the phone screen

"You seem happy"

Aya-chan calls my attention

"Oh, yeah yeah, sorry about this"

I say realizing I've been ignoring her presence all along

"Yatsushiro-san seems like a good person"

I nod

"Yes she is, I've know her since we were children"

"She's an esper too?"

"Yes and a powerful one at that"

Aya makes a concerned face

"You were worried that she was going to attack the devils... just like you did?"

I regretfully look at her

"Yes... to an esper, attacking evil presences is an instinct, it's something that we've been dealing with our whole life, but I can't keep this hidden away from her."

I've been thinking about how am I going to break this information to the other espers, is there another one who knows about it? Do my parents know? And if not, how I'm going to tell them that I'm living surrounded by devils and youkais now?

"Keeping this a secret from the other espers is a pain, but if I'm going to start revealing it from somewhere, it's gotta be with her"

Aya-chan puts her hand under her chin and seems confused

"Uhm... I don't really understand things like this, but if Tatseyo-san trusts her, then I'll trust her too"

"Thank you, I'm sure she'll like you too"

Despite my reassuring words, that night I didn't slept very well due to the nervousness of how to break the news to my dear childhood friend whose upbringing into the esper world was far more terrifying than many cases around the world

Afterword: I know I took way too long to post these two chapters, but things were crazy since the last update, not only I'm back to studying, I also had to help in the reforms in my house and it was Carnival in my country, so it was tough to write everything on time, thanks for understanding it and I hope you enjoyed the chapters