DXD: LORD NETORI

Chapter 44: Invitation



After they got to know each other, Ken, Tiamat, Suzaku and Lavinia separated themselves from Vali, Tobio and their dog partner Jin.

 

Although Vali and Tobio felt a little reluctant to leave Lavinia and Suzaku with Ken, but since the two women themselves had asked for it, Vali and Tobio could only step back and make room for the two women with Ken.

 

As for Vali herself, she didn't know why she felt anxious when she saw Lavinia's interaction with Ken.

 

Vali had thought of Lavinia as an older sister.

 

Therefore, for unknown reasons, when Vali sees Lavinia's closeness with Ken, this makes her heart anxious.

 

On the other hand, Tobio also felt the same way as Vali.

 

Seeing Suzaku's beautiful smile and elegant laughter when interacting with Ken, this made his heart anxious.

 

Considering Suzaku was his own cousin, Tobio denied and discarded the thought of himself being jealous.

 

Therefore, when Tobio saw Suzaku interacting with Ken, this made his heart anxious for no apparent reason.

 

Thus, Tobio and Vali retreated with a sense of defeat in their hearts to give space to the two women there.

 

...

 

Sensing someone's negative emotions, Ken looked back only to see Tobio and Vali's backs in the distance already walking away with their shoulders slumped.

 

Ken chuckled at this with his right hand still gently stroking Lavinia's head.

 

Lavinia on the other hand was in a dream, with an overwhelming feeling as Ken stroked her head.

 

Lavinia unconsciously purred and further pushed her head in Ken's palm.

 

"So... have you heard Akeno's news today?" Ken suddenly asked Suzaku.

 

Suzaku was surprised and looked at Ken with an astonished expression on her face.

 

When Suzaku wanted to open her mouth and speak, Ken cut her off first.

 

"How am I supposed to know this? How am I supposed to know that you keep communicating with someone to hear or get Akeno's news?"

 

"Those are the questions you wanted to ask me, right?"

 

Ken finished his sentence and looked at Suzaku's incredulous expression.

 

Seeing that Suzaku was silent and didn't respond, Ken chuckled before trying to explain.

 

"At some point, you secretly met with Rias, right?"

 

"Considering Akeno is under her care, you must have secretly kept in touch with them but couldn't meet them."

 

"Oh, don't worry, if you don't want it, I'll keep my mouth shut and not tell anyone."

 

"Since you care so much about Akeno, it's only natural for you to be worried if someone with evil intentions finds out about this and targets Akeno."

 

After finishing his words, Ken looked at Suzaku who was to his left looking back and forth at Lavinia and Tiamat.

 

Ken who seemed to understand what Suzaku was thinking then spoke again.

 

"Don't worry, Reni and Tiamat are not outsiders, you can trust me."

 

"Isn't that so, ladies?"

 

Hearing Ken's words, Tiamat nodded her head in agreement and said nothing, while Lavinia just giggled and rubbed her face on Ken's chest, before giving Ken a peck on the cheek and nodding.

 

Seeing and hearing this, Suzaku sighed in relief and looked at Lavinia who was occupying Ken's lap.

 

"What's wrong? Do you also want to sit on my lap?" Ken suddenly asked.

 

Hearing Ken's question, a faint blush appeared on Suzaku's cheeks.

 

"N-Nothing, I was just thinking about something." Suzaku lied.

 

Ken brought his left hand and placed it on Suzaku's head before gently rubbing it.

 

Being treated like this by Ken made the holy girl's heart churn.

 

Feeling the warm yet strong palm on her head made Suzaku turn her head and look Ken straight in the eye.

 

The man's handsome face and charming smile made the faint blush on her cheeks slowly turn red.

 

By sitting next to Ken, right after Suzaku turned her head to the side, Suzaku could see Ken's face from a fairly close distance.

 

Her heartbeat slowly increased and began to race.

 

The fresh breath and body scent of the man beside her tickled Suzaku's nose, who subconsciously began to breathe in an exaggerated manner.

 

'Hey, isn't this too fast? If I remember correctly, didn't I lower and even hold my charm to the lowest point? What's wrong with this girl?' Ken was confused and wondered in his heart.

 

Ken of course felt confused, it was normal for him to use his own charm and women would instantly fall into his arms.

 

However, when it came to this DxD world, Ken really held back and didn't even let out his charm at all.

 

Then, what's wrong with this girl named Suzaku?

 

Are the standards of the girls in this world too low?

 

Or was it because even the lowest level of Ken's charm could attract this girl named Suzaku?

 

Ken could only smile helplessly and sigh in his heart.

 

If right now Ken didn't even bring out his charm, then what if he used one percent of his charm?

 

Wouldn't this little girl in front of him be crazy about him?

 

'Alright, let's forget about this matter.'

 

Ken then shook his head to throw those unimportant thoughts out of his head.

 

"Take this." Ken said and took out something to give to Suzaku.

 

Suzaku finally woke up from her fantasy and regained consciousness with a blushing face.

 

But when she heard Ken speak, Suzaku quickly returned to her usual self.

 

"What is this?" Suzaku asked and took the white crystal ball from Ken's hand.

 

"Use it and put some of your magic into the crystal ball, and you'll find out soon enough." Ken explained.

 

Suzaku was confused at first, but still did what Ken said.

 

Bzztt!

 

A subtle crackling sound was heard before the palm-sized crystal ball shone with a weak light and displayed the figure of a person there.

 

Meanwhile, Tiamat and Lavinia who were initially uninterested became interested when Ken suddenly pulled out a white crystal ball out of nowhere.

 

On the other hand, Suzaku who was staring at the figure of a person inside the crystal ball in her hand had her hands suddenly trembling and her breathing became rapid.

 

"Auntie... Shuri...?" Suzaku muttered with a surprised expression on her beautiful face.

 

Suzaku continued to stare at the crystal ball in her hand to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her.

 

Suzaku's throat became dry and her eyes misted up and became blurry, as if she was going to cry at any moment.

 

Tiamat and Lavinia on the side did not understand what was going on, but became interested in this sudden change.

 

The atmosphere here became quiet with Suzaku directing all his focus to the crystal ball in his grasp.

 

The figure inside the crystal ball was Shuri Himejima, her aunt.

 

The figure of Shuri in the crystal ball looks like she is in a fairly luxurious house or residence.

 

This can be seen from the decorations and decorations around the room where Shuri is currently located.

 

Shuri is then seen moving and walking into a room before stopping in the kitchen to cook something.

 

Not long when Shuri was cooking, another female figure whom Suzaku did not recognize came into the kitchen.

 

The second woman who appeared in the crystal ball was a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure, long black hair with parted bangs, and golden brown eyes with cat-like pupils.

 

Suzaku continued to watch this change and saw that the second woman was wearing a black kimono, a yellow obi, a set of golden beads, and a headband with ornate details.

 

The kimono had a red interior and was open at the shoulders, giving a view of her large breasts.

 

She was Kuroka.

 

"Hey, Shuri-san, is the food ready yet?" Kuroka asked Shuri.

 

"No, if you want to hurry, then help me prepare this meal." Shuri turned her head back and replied.

 

The conversation and what Shuri and Kuroka were doing could be seen and heard by everyone.

 

For Shuri and the others this was not much different from watching TV.

 

The only thing that made it different was that the medium used here was a white crystal ball.

 

Ken did not speak and remained silent to not disturb Suzaku, as well as Tiamat and Lavinia who followed Ken to remain silent.

 

Looking at the spectacle in front of her, Suzaku found this hard to believe, but at the same time it felt more and more real.

 

'B-How...?'

 

That was the only question that kept popping up inside Suzaku's head.

 

As Suzaku lost contact with the world and sank into her thoughts, the atmosphere around her became increasingly quiet to the point that the sound of a gentle breeze could be heard sweeping through her hair and face.

 

It took Suzaku a long time to process everything, before she woke up and came out of her daze with her heartbeat racing faster and faster.

 

Suzaku at first glance looked like a person who was panicked, excited, happy, sad, at the same time.

 

Then Suzaku turned her head to the side quickly and couldn't wait to throw the various questions in her head at Ken.

 

But when Suzaku turned her head to the side, Ken, Tiamat and Lavinia were not there.

 

The three people had disappeared and left Suzaku alone sitting there.

 

Suzaku became increasingly panicked and a little upset because the man had disappeared even though he was still beside him before.

 

When Suzaku got up from his seat, a paper that was unknown where it came from was blown by a gust of wind and floated right in front of him.

 

Suzaku who listened to his 'female instinct' quickly caught the paper that passed in front of him.

 

The size of the paper is quite small and looks nothing special.

 

But if it wasn't for the content of the message that was very valuable to her, Suzaku might have crumpled it up and thrown it in the trash.

 

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Message content:

 

Kuoh Town.

Not far from the park, you will see a mansion from there.

 

- Ken.

 

___________________~__________________

 

Reading this message, Suzaku felt relieved and stretched the corners of her lips to form a smile.

 

"Are you too shy to invite me in person and have to write it on paper, Ken-kun?"

 

Suzaku spoke to herself and her smile grew wider, but the charm of her current smile looked sweet with her soft eyes staring into the distance.

 

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"Achoooo!"

 

Ken who had just returned to his mansion suddenly sneezed.

 

Of course, Ken had first escorted Lavinia back with the rest of his team and said goodbye to her.

 

Although there was reluctance in the woman's eyes, Ken in the end could only compensate by giving Lavinia a peck on the lips before leaving and would visit every day.

 

Only in that way could Lavinia release herself who continued to hug and cling to Ken.

 

"What's wrong? Do you have a cold?" Tiamat who was beside her and was hugging suddenly asked.

 

"Hm? What are you talking about? I'm fine. It's just... it seems like someone just mentioned my name." Ken replied and lowered his head to kiss Tiamat's forehead.

 

"Really? I'm sure it was probably a bad thing~" Tiamat replied with a grin on her face, before standing on tiptoe and kissing Ken's lips.

 

"Hehe, if that's the case, they're more than welcome to come over anytime." Ken chuckled and replied.

 

Hearing this Tiamat giggled, before hugging Ken and resting her head on his shoulder and entering the mansion.

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