After that talk with Natsumi-san, it was time to get back to our house because of the incident with Dominic. I decided to use a different means of getting back to our house. The safest way I knew. I was standing in the room with the UV light turned off and I held Ai’s hand tightly because she was still a bit emotional from before.
"Akira," I called and the noble with brown eyes appeared right before us in casual attire. "Looks like you have got yourself some new clothes."
"I’m sorry Kazuki-sama, my usual clothes are sent out too dry because they had been damaged and also dirtied. My deepest apologies for coming in front of you in such a shabby atti- "
"Okay, don’t apologize about it. It’s okay. Anyways, I and Ai need to go back home. Think you can do that?" I asked Akira and she nodded her head. She stood right next to me and closed her eyes. My eyes fell on Natsumi-san and I gave her a gentle smile. "Have a safe journey Natsumi-san. Come back soon."
With that, Akira teleported us right into the living room of our house. I looked at the door and checked to see if it was trying to be unlocked or not but that didn’t happen. Everything seems normal here and because I was exhausted by today, I went and crashed on the couch. I let out a heavy sigh and bobbed my head from the edge of the couch.
Too many things happened the since yesterday. Our encounter with Dominic first, then the fact that Yuna actually is alive and the fact that I am actually turning into a vampire. When Ethan said that, I was a bit skeptical until I had any solid proof of that. After all, what happened in my mindscape was not enough to make me believe that but just leave a shadow of doubt in my mind that it might be the case. What happened today to me and Ethan’s explanation is way more understandable.
"For now, you don’t really need to do much Akira, sorry but for the time being, you have to help me and Ai to move travel distances," I said and let out a sigh.
"Please don’t say sorry for that Kazuki-sama. Serving you would be a privilege that you bestowed upon me," Akira said and I chuckled. I never know if she is dead serious about this or if she is just joking with me all this time.
"We had an encounter with Dominic," I explained to Akira and Ai stiffened hearing the name. I saw that and grabbed her arm. She looked at me with scared eyes and with her body shaking a little. I made her sit down on my lap and started patting her head. "I’m sorry Ai. I know you don’t like it when his name is said out loud but I don’t want to tell this story in a roundabout way. So can you bear with me just a little?"
"Mhm," Ai said nodding her head and hiding her face in my neck. It was as if I was taking care of a kid but at the core of it, that was all Ai was. She was just a kid at the very end of everything. Just a kid who lost her parents and is scared of the man who brought that fate upon her.
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"He was in the car with us, as the driver. I don’t really know how he pulled that off but yes, that happened and, remember I told you about Yuna?" I said and Akira nodded.
"Yes, your sister who you said is dead," she said.
"She is alive," I said and even Akira’s eyes widened she immediately understood what I was hinting at.
"That means…"
"The vampire yesterday night on the door was probably her. And Dominic," Ai’s body stiffened and hugged her tight. "That man is sending her in my care for some time. I don’t really know what is going to happen too but I wanted to make you aware of that. We will need you here tonight. Koto would probably be with us here so he could help."
"Who is he Kazuki-sama?" Akira asked.
"Oh yea, Koto is an S-rank hunter. He is quite strong so having him on our side would play to our advantage. Moreover, he was appointed by Natsumi-san so I do trust her but Akira, be on your toes." Akira nodded her head understanding what I meant. Even though Koto is supposed to be on our side. I had to make sure that it was actually the case. I have just met this guy this afternoon and trusting someone this fast is not something I was going to make the mistake of doing. Even though he is an S-class hunter, neither I nor Ai fought him at our full potential and we also had Akira with her.
Even if we cannot defeat him, which again is not really our goal, we can at least buy enough time to get out of the situation if our protection is compromised. Moreover if what Dominic is saying is true, the person who would actually be at the door tonight is Yuna. I don’t trust the man but I do want to see with my own eyes if what he is saying is true.
I may be running right into a brilliant trap set out by him and I won’t be much wiser. The drive to know if she…was alive is way more than me seeing this through. Maybe what I am going to do is complete stupidity but I was ready to play even if the odds are stacked against me. Dominic is a very smart and cunning individual so trying to read his mind or what he is thinking is something I cannot really do so I just need to be ready for any situation that could happen. The enemy is always two steps ahead so the best what we can do is ready for any steps he takes.
The house was already pretty safe from vampires because we would not really be tracked there except for the one time when Dominic found us. The exterior was all made of silver which made me wonder how exactly did Ai’s father make this happen but however he did it, he has my gratitude.
"For now Akira, just go back and have some rest. We don’t really know what is going to happen so you should rest well and be prepared," I said and Akira nodded.
"As you say Kazuki-sama. I will be taking my leave," she said and teleported from the room. I now focused my eyes on Ai.
"Ai," I called out her name and she looked at me. I could see fear in her eyes and the fact that it was there just broke my heart. I held her head and hugged her tightly wrapping my arms around her head. She had her arms wrapped around me too and we just stay in that moment for some time before I would say anything. I wanted to make sure Ai was relaxed and comfortable. I wanted her to feel no safe before anything.
"Kazu-kun…can we not go and open up that door tonight? When…your sister will come," Ai asked me in a scared voice. "I don’t have a good feeling about any of this. It scares me Kazu-kun, the fact that the man was able to get this close to us even without us knowing he was there. With the amount of power, he should be having a very intimidating aura so we should be noticing it. But…we didn’t. that doesn’t make any sense. Moreover, her is able to change his looks so we don’t even know where he is and who he is. We don’t know anything," Ai said in a scared voice. I placed my hand on her head and started to pat her. "No Kazu-kun, patting my head is not enough for this. I need to make sure you are safe. I don’t want another one I care about to be dead at the hands of that bastard. His name haunts me because the last time I heard it, my parents died, and now…if you die…I don’t know what I will do. I don’t know what will happen to me. I would probably charge HEAD FIRST AT THAT BASTARD AND RATHER JUST DIE!"
"AI!" I raised my voice this time and called out her name in a serious tone. Her eyes were glowing looked and she at me. I saw a tear fall down Ai’s eyes. I moved my hand closer to her eye to wipe it but she moved back.
"No, don’t touch me…" she said moving back a little but I reached out and wiped off the tear in her eyes and gave her a sad smile. No words needed to be said at that moment, the silence and our expressions said a tale of thousand words. Those few moments of silence felt like an eternity and both our minds got filled with a million emotions.
"Kazu...kun…" Ai said and another tear fell down her. Then another, and another. And then a flood broke down. Ai fell into my arms and started crying like a baby. "I’m scared Kazu-kun. I am scared. I don’t want to lose you too…please…"
That entire afternoon…Ai cried and wept. And I just sat there, listening to her and trying my best to reassure her.
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