The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 8 by Satoshi Wagahara and 029 (oniku)

Author:Satoshi Wagahara and 029 (oniku) [WAGAHARA, SATOSHI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2017-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

THE DEVIL IS A LITTLE LATE TO THE PUNCH

Ashiya was at an impasse.

The eyes Rika Suzuki used to stare at him, as she knelt politely on her side of the low table, felt sharper than the edge of the Better Half blade. He had never dueled directly with Emi’s sword, but if anything, he would have preferred that sight before him right now. That, at least, could be countered with physical force.

“Ashiya, why aren’t you saying anything to me?”

“I…um…”

He was once called a tactical genius. Now, kneeling at a table, Ashiya was incapable of coherent speech.

They were alone in Devil’s Castle. The tatami-mat floor was starting to dampen a bit along the edge facing the backyard. Rika was rotating her gaze between the rear window and Ashiya.

Between them, sitting on the table, were two small, empty bottles.

“I’m asking you to tell me.”

“Uhmm, I-I completely understand what you wish to say, but…”

“Y’know, I always thought there was something a little mysterious about you, but I didn’t think we, we were, um…close enough that I could start to get all nosy and stuff, so…”

Despite stumbling a bit midway, Rika’s voice remained sharp, probing.

“When you bought that TV, too, I just figured, like, ‘Ahh, I could ask him some other time,’ but…you know.”

“Y-yes…”

The rain outside had lowered the temperature considerably, but he could tell that his back was drenched in sweat.

“And, if you don’t mind me being honest with you right now, I have absolutely no idea what’s going on.”

“I…I suppose not, no…”

All Ashiya could do was crack a smile, one even damper and more sorry looking than the half-dry laundry piled on the floor.

“So I’m gonna ask you one more time.”

“Y-yes?”

“Where did Suzuno and Urushihara just run off to?!”

She was no longer phrasing it as a question. It was an order.

“And in this rain, too!”

A finger shot toward the window.

“They jumped right out of there!”

“Nnnh…”

Ashiya was solidly against the ropes.

Just as Suzuno came back to Devil’s Castle upon closing the windows in her room, she received a phone call. It was from Chiho, and while he would’ve guessed Chiho would seek Maou’s aid first, attempting to complete an Idea Link from Sasazuka all the way to Chofu was probably too long a distance for her to grapple with quite yet.

But did all of this have to happen right now? At this very moment? With her along for the ride?

It had been just over a month since Chiho gained her Idea Link skill. She had just used it for the very first time.

Two weeks on from Emi’s unexplained disappearance, they all knew inside that this was worthy of being termed an emergency. One where every second potentially counted. But why did Suzuno and Urushihara have to act that way? Chugging their energy drinks, tossing them on the Devil’s Castle floor, then:

“Let’s go. Stay close to me.”

“Sure thing, dude.”

They opened the window right before Rika’s eyes. What were they thinking?

“W-wait, you two! Stay calm for a…”

“Hey, what’re you guys doing? You’re gonna…?!”

Ashiya and Rika both tried to stop them, albeit for differing reasons.

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