The Inquisitor and the Fallen Angel Eventually Clear the Situation

Suzuno and Urushihara didn't talk to each other directly for a couple of days, except for greetings. The former didn't tell Emi and Chiho about what had happened on the corridor, no matter how hard they tried to get information about it (now Emi was curious too). Suzuno only said it turned out they misunderstood each other, which was actually quite accurate. Ashiya told Maou what he had heard from the girls but they didn't ask Urushihara.


'Do you think they like each other?' Maou speculated while he and Ashiya were going home from shopping.


'I can't answer, sire. Neither of them seem that kind of people, and there has been nothing happening that might have implied this.'


'I'm curious what would turn out of it.'


'You're not even worried about it that if they get closer to each other, it would cause trouble to us in the future?'


'I can't really imagine Urushihara willing to leave his computer and join us as a demon general again in Ente Isla. But if it happens, they will have to solve it, not us. What we do right now, eating every day with the Hero and a member of the Church, is already against our rules. And a human of course.'


'If I may ask, sire... is the relationship between you and Miss Sasaki, by any chance, getting stronger? Do you reciprocate her feelings?'


'Well, I...' Maou sighed, and scratched the back of his neck. 'I wouldn't say that. I like her and I appreciate her feelings towards me. That's why I don't mind spending time with her, even if that's a date. But she knows that, and she's okay with that, she told me. So I'm not afraid she feels I'm deceiving her when I accept her invitations.'


'Humans are truly inexplicable, sire.'


When they got home, Maou went to their apartment, and Ashiya went to Suzuno's.


'Coming.' Suzuno opened her door after hearing the knock.


'Lunch is ready in a few minutes,' he said.


'Thank you. I would like to talk to good Hanzo. Is he there?'


'Yes, of course...' he said a bit surprisedly, and just looked after Suzuno who was already on her way. Urushihara was more surprised when he noticed her stepping next to him.


'Y-yes?'


'I would like to talk to you,' she said.


'Uhm, okay,' he nodded. He was nervous again. Of course he thought a lot about what had happened between them, and wanted to talk to her too, just wasn't as determinate as she was. He gulped.


'I thought it over, and now I think I misunderstood my feelings. Sorry for causing trouble. I would like to remain friends with you.'


'Ah... friends?'


'Yes. I think now I can call you all my friends in this world.'


'Okay,' he agreed. Suzuno smiled at him, and Urushihara, though a bit awkwardly, returned the smile.


They all ate together that day as usual, and everything went back to normal – except for the small change that Suzuno came to the demons even more often and she and Urushihara started to interact more than before. Either just talk, or help each other – Urushihara showed her his video games and once Suzuno managed to make him wash up the plates he had used. 

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