The Esper Devil ( Esper OC X Highschool DxD )

Chapter 22 - Racing tracks

After the initial surprise, I start thinking about it

"So it's better to stop them from using it, right? Not only for the well being of my friends, like Issei, but also to avoid that our enemies, like Vali or Cao Cao, use them"

Liliana's expression brightens and she gives me a defiant smile

"Oh, so you want to stop them from using their cursed powers instead of wanting to clash them head on? That's an interesting approach"

I scratch my head

"Well... it's not like I want to fight a god-like being either, but... it's also good to avoid deaths, isn't it?"

Fighting a being that powerful, even if you can match it on equal terms, the destruction would be immeasurable, as someone who was raised among heroes, I simply can't help but think about the casualties this might cause

"The colateral damage from a fight like that might be too much..."

I say in a moody tone, but Liliana happily nods

"Fufufu, you really are interesting, Tatseyo"

I feel my face reddening and turn my eyes away

"T-thanks, but... is there even a way to do that?"

Liliana puts a hand under her chin and thinks for a while

"Hmmm, oh! I think there might be!"

She gets up from her chair and goes to a book shelf

"Some time ago, I received a few books from Azazel, that guy's a sacred gear freak, so there's gotta be something in there"

I stand up and walk behind her, there are a lot of books here

"Do you need help?"

She shakes her head

"No, no, it's alright"

She waves her hand and I stay back, watching her go through the vastitude of books in her office

"You and Azazel exchange information a lot?"

I ask in an attempt to make small talk as she searches for the book

"Not as much as we used to when we first met, Sacred gears are his thing, espers are mine, aside from curiosity, our interests are not very close. But a few years ago he gave me some books on Sacred Gears and I gave him some reports of my ESP research"

"I see, do you research that for a long time?"

Liliana nods, while stretching herself to reach for a book on a taller shelf

"A lot, even before I enrolled in college... ah, it's not here"

She says in a disappointed tone after putting back the book she had just reached for

"Maybe down here..."

Liliana lowers herself reaching for a lower shelf

"Ugh..."

I groam as I turn my head to the side to not look at her rear, today Liliana is wearing a leather skirt and a buttoned shirt, but she doesn't button it up so her cleavage is really exposed! No matter what Liliana wears, she always looks so erotic! I'm really doing my best to focus here!

"Y-you said you went to a college in the underworld?"

Liliana told me that the underworld is divided into the devil's territory and the fallen angel's territory, and that most of them live and conduct their business in there, so many things work just like in the human world (with the exception that they can use magic and occult technology, of course). I was very surprised when she told me this and it made me curious about how the education in the devil's world works