Chapter 20 : "Yes," Griselda's

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I groaned at the sudden barrage of responsibilities. I swear to the Gods that sounded like the nagging I had back home, I could almost hear mom's voice overlapping with Miki's voice.

"I'm fine-"

"You say that, but you seem still shaky about what happened now," The woman pressed on with this motherly stubbornness. "I am half-tempted to keep you here for a while, just to see if you need some rest or anything..."

I wonder how Ma is doing right now. Probably worrying the hell out of her missing son.

I drew a long, patient sigh within my head as I knew I couldn't just stop now that I had a chance to deal with Raynare.

Now that she was weakened by our previous fight, I could give it a shot and try to kill her with proper planning and careful maneuvering.

My reserves were drained a little, but I could still do much more for today.

And if I didn't press the advantage now, I would end up getting a more active and careful force of rogue Fallen Angels to deal with.

That wouldn't be good for me.

"-But I know that you wouldn't like that," The mother continued with a tired sigh. "And I am not your mother. So the only thing I can say is be careful in your way back home."

I felt the need to flinch at those words, put in quite the uneasy state at how familiar those were.

Way close to home and… this stress shouldn't be adding up all today.

I merely nodded but, as I went to pick my grocery bag, I paused a moment as I remembered something else I had to do.

"Actually, Mrs. Hyoudou, there is something of a favor I would like to request." I started, garnering the woman's full attention. "It's about Asia."

It was around lunch time that I got by the only Church in town.

The place had gone mostly unused since the 'Clelia Belial' case had concluded, with the Holy See retreating their own garrison out of the city to avoid any retaliation from the successor of the young woman for the control of Kuoh.

Quite the paranoid move, but one that not only lessened the pressure in Kuoh, but also made it possible for Grigori to establish a foothold in the city.

The building was left in a state of decay, mostly to give the idea that the place was abandoned and devoid of any major contingency living by this area.

But while I stared at the entrance and pondered how I should approach the situation at hand, I couldn't help but think back about how things had gone by at the Hyoudou's household.

I was partly surprised at how Issei's mother took the situation regarding the excommunicated nun, giving her sad looks as I explained more about the backstory before I ended up giving the real question about the blonde.

"Could you take her in? She doesn't… have anyone to live with."

I remember Rias being the one pushing this idea to the brunet's parents, but in Canon that case was dictated by Asia's status as the redhead's new Bishop and by the good reputation the girl had in town.

Without the girl becoming a Devil, it meant that the heiress of the Gremory family had little interest to push the girl's safety onto the two adults' care.

So when I did ask that request, having little of what Rias had about persuasion, I was saved by the fact the woman was already considering keeping her around until she recovered.

Miki was still unsure about keeping the blonde after she was properly healed, and she motivated the fact she had to discuss it with her husband fir before confirming this predicament.

I accepted the compromise and she agreed to contact me once Asia was awake and stable, leaving me to face the important issue that still lingered

Returning back to the current situation, I slowly made my way inside the formerly holy building, in my hands I was tightly holding a Light Spear I had conjured mere moments ago.

The structure looked quite desolate, and I felt some shivers go down my spine.

The lack of the religious peace and calm that was usual in well-kept church but was now missing from the place, making it quite the unpleasant setting for something horrible soon to happen.

My steps were as soft as possible since I wanted to keep my presence concealed the best possible while I carefully ventured inside the most dangerous area of the city.

My eyes were silently glancing everywhere for any signs of exorcists in the rooms, and my mind was urging me to consider any possible hideout that could have been set up for ambushes against me.

I was going in the lion's den by the front door, and I didn't know how 'big' this place truly was.

I remember from Canon that there was a group of stray exorcists already there preparing for the big event planned by Raynare.

Those were led by foul-mouthed Freed Sellzen of all people, and that there were two other Fallen Angels to be careful about while also giving attention to their leader.

My objective wasn't to truly decimate the force as my current fighting capability was far too limited to give me more chances of damaging the garrison beyond just killing the big target right now.

I had a simple plan, a very quick and easy one, but nothing had prepared me to the sight I found myself staring at few moments later.

I looked at the last doors that led to the main room of the Church, where functions used to be celebrated in and… I blinked in disgust.

Corpses mostly covered by bloodied capes and other pieces of shredded clothes. They had all been butchered out and left to bleed out, all massed up near the large entrance.

None was moving, they were all dead… including the permanently scowling Freed now lying on the group right in front of the two main doors.

The leading figure of the exorcists had let go of his initial equipment, the 'Exorcist Gun' which seemed to have been broken by a powerful squeeze and… the 'light-saber' he was keen to use a lot in Canon.

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