Chapter 52 : The Fallen Angel

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As we entered the zone, we were greeted by Baraqiel, the man half-distractedly waving at us.

The Fallen Angel was sitting by one of the few stools there, drinking from a particularly large mug that was filled with some coffee, his attention directed at reading some newspapers from Kuoh Local.

He glanced away from the paper and to give us a proper nod, a smile settling on his face.

"Good morning, Hoitsu-kun, Kunou-chan."

The girl nodded quickly, smiling his way as she hopped on another stool by the large table, while I moved around the cooking area to begin preparing something for the two of us to eat for breakfast.

Twenty minutes of careful tinkering around with a couple of instruments and a few ingredients resulted in two steamy cups of chocolate milk and six cookies to share between the two of us.

The blonde blinked at the content of her little mug but her nose was quick to pick up its sweet scent. Her eyes widened a little, but Kunou didn't waste any time in dipping one of the cookie in the liquid before bringing it up to her mouth.

She started out by munching slowly, testing texture and taste of both liquid and snack, then her pace took a swifter approach, and the cookies that were hers to enjoy were decimated very quickly by the voracious Kitsune yokai.

The rest of the milk the girl decided to drink with one of the straws I had offered her early on, and she gave a satisfied smile once she was done with it.

"That was so good, Niichan!"

I chuckled at her energetic reaction and nodded myself as I did manage to get Ma's recipe to utter perfection-

"You burned up the milk, hon!

"S-Sorry, Ma-"

I blinked in surprise at that sudden flashback, catching myself from flinching at that sharp uneasiness following up once that brief memory was over.

It was quite… unnerving how unexpectedly all of those flashbacks were popping up in my mind, always urging me to keep an eye for any spells that could offer me the chance of at least see them again.

Once we were done with breakfast and had been done with cleaning the three empty mugs, Kunou and I reached for the two close bathrooms to prepare ourselves for her first day here at Kuoh Town.

I was certain the girl would have ended up needing some help with a few things within the particularly modern bathroom, thus I rapidly went through my standard cleaning routine with my (un)usual neck-breaking record of fifteen minutes spent there.

By the time I was walking walking out of there while donning my fresh uniform, I was forced to stop in minor shock by the sight of a giggling Kunou already out from the bathroom that she had been using, with the girl already wearing own uniform as she gave a twirl around to test it one last time.

She was smiling while doing so and her smile widened when she caught glimpse of my presence.

"Niichan, you're ready," The blonde happily commented, approaching closer to me.

I nodded at her and couldn't help myself but smile at her bubbly excitement.

I guess that is the reaction of someone as sheltered as her having the chance to see what a school looked like and befriend peers as old as she was.

"I am ready and..." I stated with a warm voice. "I guess we could go now, actually. We don't want to be late for your first day, right?"

She nodded and soon started to reach for the door, but stopped right in front of it and frowned at the fact I wasn't following her quickly.

Her head turned to see why I was being this slow and her eyes widened in realization and embarrassment at the fact she had almost forgotten about her school bag.

I was holding it in my hand as I had my own bag already on my shoulders. "There."

I decided to not tease her forgetfulness and she nodded thankful at that attitude.

Having already settled with Baraqiel the night before that the training sessions were going to be a thing to do after school, we only waved at him and bid him a good day as we ventured inside the house.

The warm breeze of April hit us moderately, just enough to make us notice the difference between the indoor and the outdoor.

Kunou glanced back with her lips twitching nervously as she prepared with what was going to happen once we reached the school.

I sighed at this, understanding way too well of difficult it is to make her first steps toward that new experience and the doubts filling her mind as of now, so I went to scoop her small hand into mine.

"C'mon, we also need to meet up with someone along the way to the Academy."

She frowned at my kind tone, a little surprised by the latter bit, but slowly accepted this little situation as her pace matched up with mine.

Our walk took just a couple of minutes minutes before we reached my usual meeting area where I would find Asia and Issei as my new house was located by the outskirts of Kuoh Town.

Just as we stopped for me to give a look around I heard familiar footsteps approaching.

"Senpai!"

I looked around to find where the loud call came from and I saw a familiar former nun approaching, a smile plastered on her face while Issei tried and failed to keep up with the surprisingly quick-paced foreign girl.

"Senpai, you are back," The former nun continued with a happy voice, smiling widely and nodding at me.

I nodded back, but just as I opened my mouth to greet both of the two kohais, I paused for a moment as I noticed Kunou slowly moving to hide behind me as the new individuals approached us.

Frowning at this unexpected reaction, I glanced her way with a confused expression and the younger girl glanced right back with a nervous look.

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