A Righteous Demon Girl and the Angel She’ll Never Meet-Chapter 28 : Chapter 28

Chapter 28 : An angel who cannot use blessing magic
“Then… I’ll ask the first question for truth! I want to know… how old is Iphilia-chan”
After pondering for a moment, Aimiya chose to use such an innocuous question as the first question for tonight.
However, she was indeed curious about Iphilia's true age.
After all, demons and angels both belonged to long-lived races, and it was almost impossible to tell their approximate age by appearance alone.
But judging solely by behavior and mannerisms, Aimiya felt that Iphilia probably wasn't very old either, most likely belonging to the category of children among demons.
After all, whether it was piling plush toys all over the room or the strange ideal of wanting to maintain justice, neither seemed like something an adult demon should possess.
“Uh… my age…”
Iphilia didn't expect Aimiya to actually ask her this question, and for a moment, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry—in fact, even she herself didn't know how to calculate her own age…
Because Iphilia became a demon after her male self died and went to Hell, it could basically be considered her “previous life.”
Calculated this way, Iphilia as a demon was only two years old…
Two years old, if this was said out loud, probably not even a ghost would believe it.
But if her male life was also counted… it felt a bit strange too…
“What’s wrong? Is Iphilia-chan very old?”
“How could that be! Then, then I’ll say it… Don’t laugh at me after I say it…”
“Don’t worry, we angels have undergone professional training and won't easily burst into laughter. Besides, age isn't a laughable topic, right?”
“I am two years old this year.”
After a brief struggle, Iphilia still chose to tell Aimiya her true age.
She was an honest good child and would absolutely not lie.
“Two years old? I didn't expect Iphilia-chan to be so young… Hey, wait? How old did you say!?”
As the saying goes: Sincerity is always the ultimate killer move.
Just one sentence, and our dear Miss Angel's brain was fried.
“Um… If Iphilia-chan, you don’t want to say it, it’s okay. After all, a girl’s age is also very important information… But you don’t have to randomly make up such an outrageous number to make up the numbers!”
The corner of Aimiya's mouth twitched slightly.
Two years old, you're telling me this TM is called two years old? How can such an outrageous thing be said? Does she, Aimiya, look that stupid?
“I knew this would be the reaction… Then how old are you, Aimiya-classmate? Before asking another girl's age, you should at least state your own age, right?”
Iphilia pouted slightly, hugging the whale plushie beside her, which was almost bigger than her entire person, and said with her back to Aimiya.
After hearing this, Aimiya was slightly frozen at first, and just as she was about to say the number “16,” she seemed to suddenly remember something, and her whole person also froze on the spot.
Hiss… If strictly calculated… she, Aimiya, seemed to be only two years old this year as well…
After all, strictly speaking, when Aimiya slit her own throat, her life as a human had already ended.
Therefore, her age as a human shouldn't be counted.
But in this way… her age was the same as Iphilia's, only about two years old…
Crap, I just mocked Iphilia-chan for claiming to be two years old as too fake, and now I myself am really only two years old.
If this gets out, wouldn't Iphilia laugh non-stop?
“Ahem… Actually, I think age should be a girl’s secret. How about we change the topic?”
After a brief silence, Aimiya coughed dryly twice and very awkwardly and stiffly changed the subject.
“Alright, then it's my turn to ask. Let me think… Right, Aimiya-classmate, when you cut down that big fellow tonight, you used the 【Seraph】's miracle, right? But if I remember correctly, ordinary angels shouldn't be qualified to learn that person's skills, right? Let alone being personally taught by that 【Seraph】. In that case, I want to know, what exactly is Aimiya-classmate's identity to have that 【Seraph】 personally impart a miracle.”
Iphilia still had her back to Aimiya, so Aimiya couldn't see her expression when she said this.
However, Aimiya could roughly feel that Iphilia didn't have any ill intentions when asking this question; it was more likely out of “curiosity about her identity.”
“Sigh, you misunderstood, Iphilia-chan. I'm just an ordinary angel, it's just that compared to other angels, my combat talent is a bit better, and I work a bit harder; as for Lord Gabriel personally imparting a miracle… it wasn't for any special reason, just simply compensation and care…”
Thinking that her affairs were basically common knowledge among angels, even if it were a demon, it would probably be easy to find out if they put some effort into investigating.
Therefore, Aimiya still told the truth about herself.
“Compensation and care?”
“Yes, for some reason, although my magical talent is excellent, I've never been able to learn the long-range magic commonly used by other angels, including even the most basic blessing magic of angels, I can't learn it either…”
“Huh?”
To be honest, when Aimiya said she couldn't learn long-range magic, Iphilia didn't think much of it.
After all, everyone had things they were good at and not good at, and angels were no exception and after witnessing Aimiya's extremely exquisite close-combat skills, Iphilia also felt that since her close-combat strength was already at this level, it didn't matter if her long-range abilities were slightly weaker.
But Aimiya's latter sentence was what completely made Iphilia's brain stalled .
“But… isn't blessing magic and stuff your angels' innate magic? How can someone not even be able to use their innate magic?”
“I don't know either! I even specifically asked Lady Mikaili about it, but she didn't know anything about it either. What can I do?”
Aimiya's voice sounded a little aggrieved.
Blessing magic, as the innate magic of angels, not only had a healing effect close to that of top-tier human healing magic, but also had amplifying effects including purification and many other extra auras.
Its role in combat for angels was self-evident.
Lacking it meant that Aimiya would be much worse off than other angels in terms of both endurance and ability to deal with emergencies.
Looking at it this way, it wasn't much for that 【Seraph】 to choose to teach Aimiya the miracle of blocking and counter attacking as compensation for not being able to use blessing magic.
“Uh… Looking at it this way, we two are really fated…”
The corner of Iphilia's mouth twitched slightly.
Like Aimiya, Iphilia herself also had considerable flaws in her magic cultivation, and her talent points were even more skewed than Aimiya's!