The sorcerer and devils. (Highschool DxD X male sorcerer reader; Vol 1)

Chapter 2

A/N: It's almost time to get to the fun part, so without further delay, let us begin.


Meeting Asia


The day so far had been quite normal, save for the fact that being around Koneko during biology felt weird. Your hand didn't hurt anymore, but instead the symbol on it had become red.

Now it was time for Kendo practice so you had taken your attire and a sword, before going in front of a girl and taking a stance. She looked at you a little differently, with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"Is there a problem?" you asked, looking at her. "If you don't feel up to this we can switch partners with someone else."

"Oh, no. It's just that your face seems different." she said.

"I guess." you replied, scratching the back of your head, struggling to make up an excuse. "Must be the new soap I found."

"You have to show it to me!" the girl replied, looking quite interested.

With the awkward atmosphere dissipated you both got into position. The girl struck first and you countered, feeling strange. As if the blade was lighter or things were moving more slowly.

You tried a few more times and the result was similar. Katase came closer and went in front of you, allowing the other girl, who was breathing heavily, to leave.

"You've improved. How did that happen considering your absence?"

"I don't really think I'm that good." you said, embarrassed. "I had to get some medical exams because of a problem with my hand. I wanted to make sure everything was fine before straining it."

The explanation was only half the truth, but at least it wasn't a lie. Katase nodded, satisfied with the answer and you left the room to change.

Instead of going home you decided to use the remaining daylight to take a walk, going around a side of the town you were less familiar with. The need to focus on your steps to be able to retrace them kept you distracted. At least for a while. However, as you turned the corner and saw the old church you couldn't help but remember Rias' words.

"Fallen Angel... could it really be?..." you asked yourself, looking at the building.

After sitting for a while you decided there was nothing to lose in trying to enter. While you weren't a religious person you had never rejected the idea.

The room was pretty dark and a bit messy. A large crucifix dominated the front of the building and dust floated in the air, revealed by the light coming through the windows. You sat on a bench and kneeled, remaining silent. Looking at the place you felt tiny. The cold air didn't help either.

A girl came next to you and waited until you decided to get up. She was dressed in a nun outfit with blue highlights, going well with her large green eyes. She looked at you and began speaking in English. You had to quickly think back to your classes in order to understand.

"...the first time?"

"Excuse me?" you replied in the cleanest English you could.

"Oh! You understand?" she said, looking happy to be able to speak to you. "Are you praying for the first time?"

"Yes..." you responded, a little lost due to her expression. The cold air made you shiver.

"I'm so sorry. I was just cleaning the place and the doors have been opened. Unfortunately I wasn't successful either." she said, a little saddened at that last part.

"I can help you." you said, not really thinking. "My name is Y/N, by the way."

"I'm Asia Argento. Thank you for wanting to assist me." she replied a little shyly.

You almost went through a meltdown from her face, but got up, rolling your sleeves. Asia handed you a piece of unidentified fabric to clean up and the two of you began going around, dusting the place. You were just climbing down the ladder you had used to clean the crucifix and saw Asia with a broom.

"You can put the ladder there." she said.

"All right, but you shouldn't sweep the place. It will throw most of the dust in the air, from where it will settle back on the furniture."

You left the girl to sit with the broom and retrieved a bucket of water and a mop. Asia had placed the broom somewhere, watching as you threw the water in the bucket on the floor.

"Back in the village I lived in women were usually the ones cleaning." Asia said, watching you.

"I'm sorry?" you replied, a little uncertain about what she had said.

"Oh. Excuse me. I forgot to speak a little more slowly."

"No problem." you replied, continuing to wash the floor. By the time you were finished the sun had already set and the two of you were sitting in front of the church while the floor was drying.

"Thank you for helping me." Asia said.

"No problem. I might return..." you replied. You had managed to forget about your questions because of working and the girl's calming aura.

Asia looked at the church, a little worried. She kept touching the silver cross around her neck and she eventually took it off and gave it to you.

"You should probably have one too." she said. "And if you want to meet I'm going out with someone tomorrow. You could come along as well."

You held the cross in your left hand. It felt warm to the touch from being in contact with the girl's skin. You nodded and she smiled, telling you the time you should meet. You repeated it in your head a couple of times to remember and left, putting the cross around your neck.


Timeskip (the next day)


You were in front of the church. And now it has become apparent why Asia was so worried about you returning. Something was definitely fishy about it. Mainly because the mark on your hand glowed purple. You didn't have a lot of time to think though, as Issei appeared and looked at you, dumbstruck. You remembered seeing him with a spear through his chest and managed to keep a straight face only because Asia showed up.

"Hello Y/N. Hi Ise!" she said.

"Hello." you replied, followed by the other boy.

You were surprised to realise he was still talking in Japanese, although Asia didn't seem to notice, looking as if she understood what he was telling her.

"Are you fine?" Asia asked. "You seem distraught."

You quickly had to focus before reassuring the girl you were all right. She smiled and you decided to try taking to her.

"So is the church better now?"

"...It's much cleaner. Thanks for helping." she replied, looking at your neck. The cross was there, but your shirt covered it and the string it was attached to.

"If you need any more help I can come after club activities." you offered.

"Oh, no! Please don't bother yourself." Asia replied a little too quickly.


Issei's POV


I was watching as Asia talked to Y/N. Why? Why did he have to come here. And what exactly had happened? He seemed to have crossed into "Die-handsome" territory since the last time I had seen him. I needed Asia to fall for me, darn it.

Luckily we reached the restaurant. This was where I would make my good impression to blow the competition out of the water.

"Uhhhh..." Asia said, unable to order anything while the employee was watching us awkwardly.

"Sorry... She will have the same order as me." I said to help the girl.

"Okay." the employee replied, happy to finally get the order over with.

"I'm ashamed. I can't even buy a single hamburger by myself." Asia said.

"It's natural. Your language has a completely different alphabet so you can't read the words even if you'd understand them in conversation." Y/N said, smiling. Man, it made me angry.

I pulled Asia to a table and sat across from her, leaving my current rival to order. Now it was time to make my first move...


Your POV


You ordered a chicken salad and made your way to the table. Asia was just nodding at something Issei had said and took a bite from her hamburger, chewing it slowly.

You also put the salad on the table and got a chair, sitting on Asia's left. You opened the case and began eating, looking around a few times, to see everyone's eyes on Asia. Likely due to her being dressed as a nun. After Asia was done she waited for you to finish and asked:

"Have you managed to pray last night?"

"No..." you replied a little awkwardly. "...I don't actually know and prayers."

"How could I forget! I should've given you a prayer book as well. But don't worry. It's the intention that matters, not the actual words." she said.

You couldn't help but nod seeing the happiness on the girl's face, even though religion was still a little unnatural to you. How exactly do you believe in something so untested?

"Let's go Asia." Issei said, seeming very eager to leave.

He got up and once again pulled Asia away. You waved and got up to throw your case when the girl returned and asked you if you wanted to come with her and "Ise".

You looked at her a little confused and she simply grabbed your hand, making you follow her.


Timeskip


You were now at the arcade and as soon as you entered Issei dragged Asia to a racing game and strapped in. The girl looked around for a little bit, not seeing anything she felt confident about trying and her eyes stopped a little on a claw game.

"Anything caught your eye?" you asked, seeing Issei too happy at himself to care about his companions.

She nodded and pointed to the claw machine. You smiled, remembering about your first time trying one. After four unsuccessful attempts you had left and someone else came and succeeded.

"All right. We'll go there in a bit. But first, I think I found just the game for you." you said, heading to a pong machine.

After explaining the rules you and Asia played a few sets. She struggled at first but after two tries she was holding her ground and even winning. And her smile whenever she won was beautiful.

"All right. Now let's go to the claw machine." you said.

"Why?" Asia asked.

"There's a trick to them. They have a certain pattern, so it's only after a few losses that the claw works." you explained.

You used the machine and got her the toy she wanted. Issei had finished by then and was shooting you death glares for some reasons. It wasn't as if he had tried staying with Asia...

"This was so much fun! Thank you for playing that game with me Y/N. And thanks for bringing me here Ise." Asia said after you got out of the building, leaving quite quickly.

You also left before Issei could say anything and thought about the day. While going to the church hadn't had the expected result it did work. Asia had a certain positive vibe to her, which made you forget about the problems you were having... You wanted to see her again.

A/N: I am terrible at scheduling the chapters. But hopefully I'll find a rhythm. Anyway, one question this chapter. Does Asia become a devil or not?