I got back home from my detour after my talk with Meme. I was still very confused as to what should I even be doing at the moment. Ai being kidnapped, my battle against Dominic, and now the mission that has been given to the S-class hunters.
"Should I tell them about this yet?" I asked myself as I unlocked the door to the apartment. A figure jumped right at me holding me in a tight hug and I looked down to see that it was Yuna who was holding me. Looks like she was waiting for me to come back for a long time.
"Are you feeling better Nii-chan?" she asked me worryingly and I pat her head nodding.
"I’m fine, I just needed some more rest as Ama said and I am feeling amazing right now. Anyways, are you hungry?" I asked her and Yuna’s eyes dropped. Right…she is a full vampire so human food won’t be safe for her to consume. "Akira."
The brown-haired noble appeared out of thin air standing before me and bowed. "I’m glad to see that Kazuki-sama got back without any harm. What is it that you called me here for Kazuki-sama?"
"How do you feed yourself when you are thirsty for blood?" I asked her and the question surprised her yet she still answered.
"I…merely take it from the blood bank in the central city and in turn help the people there if they need anything done," she answered. That’s kind of nice.
"Do you have any spare blood left for Yuna to have?" I asked and she disappeared and reappeared in the blink of a second with a box full of blood bags.
"Which blood type would Yuna-sama fancy?" she asked and I looked at Yuna. She looked up at me and then slowly moved towards Akira with her hand hesitating to pick something up from it. "Don’t hesitate Yuna-sama, I already have a lot of blood supply left for me to consume so it won’t be causing any issues for me."
Hearing the reassuring words of Akira, Yuna picked up a bag and went inside happily. I had a little smile on my face when she went inside and my eyes met with Akira. Seeming like she already had a faint idea of where I was, I decided to tell her about my encounter with Meme once I got in. I explained to her how he found me on the roof of the supermarket which now doesn’t seem like a mere coincidence and how he is planning to invite me to the mission with him and the other S-class hunters.
"So now I don’t really know what I should be doing. Ideally, I should wait here and wait for them to go and save Ai. That would be the logical answer given how our encounter with Dominic went but after my encounter with Dominic, all logic has been thrown out of the window," I said letting out a sigh and throwing my head back on the couch. "So, what do you think I should be doing Akira? You may have been in situations, right? What would you be doing during this?"
"I’m sorry Kazuki-sama but I have always been a mere servant and all I did was follow orders. Outside of that, I didn’t have any feelings for whatever I had to do," Akira explained and I let out a sigh. I asked her to go back to her place and she went away in the blink of an eye.
I heard some noise behind me and saw Yuna holding Yoshi in her arms and interestingly enough, he was not pushing her away like he was doing last time. Yuna seemed pretty happy playing with Yoshi and it put a smile on my face. Might as well make something to eat…
"Wait…I forgot to buy some cat food," I muttered to myself and turned around seeing Akira standing behind me with a bag of cat food. "Are you a psychic?"
"Not quite Kazuki-sama, It is not a habit to eavesdrop on you but I see you were already very mentally tired, I did it before you asked me," Akira said and it made me a little happy. Everyone is so kind and caring towards me.
"Thank you, Akira, you can go now and rest. I won’t be going out tonight so you don’t have to worry," I told her and the noble disappeared into thin air.
I went to the fridge and opened it to see what we had, Let’s see we do have some leftover rice, some eggs, and some vegetables…hmm that can work. But first, I should probably take a bath. Don’t want to cook when I’m all dirty and sweaty from earlier.
"Yuna, did you take a bath?" I asked the girl and she nodded her head while smiling. "Did Akira help you with it?"
"Yeah!" she said happily while playing with Yoshi. I pat both their heads and go to my room to get the towel and my clothes. Once I grab those, I make my way to the bathroom and take off my clothes.
I looked at myself in the mirror and my eyes widened seeing a giant scar on my shoulder. Wait, this was where I got hit by Dominic’s sword.
"That weapon is really dangerous," I said as I ran my fingers across the scar and turned around to see if there was anything on the other side too but luckily there was none. "Dully noted."
With that, I sat down to pour some water over me before I got myself in the bathtub. Getting the warm water covering me all over after a tiring day was the best feeling ever. The amount of relaxation and bliss my body gets from this is incomparable. I let out a loud sigh and just decided to relax my body while I still could. If my mind could not be at rest, at least my body should. Looking at the ceiling my thoughts wandered on their own and my eyes closed.
"Huuh…mmmh…ugh…" I heard a familiar voice in the dark. It sounds…so familiar.
"Ka…Ka…."
The voice sounded very faint so I couldn’t make out who it was but I was definitely sure I knew this voice very well. It sounds way too familiar.
"U…."
The voice started becoming less faint and I could hear the words in full. "Kazu…kun…"
It’s Ai! It’s her voice! I didn’t know where I was, I didn’t know what was going on. It was completely dark everywhere and I couldn’t even do anything. I couldn’t speak, move, or even react to anything. All I saw was the dark and all I hear is Ai’s voice getting louder and louder.
"Kazu…kun…" she said again followed by heavy and tired breathing. "I…I w-w-ill…"
Her voice trembled heavily and the sound of chains got mixed a little with her voice but I could tell for sure this was Ai. This voice, this tone, this definitely was Ai. She sounded tired, very tired, unable to breathe properly she sounded like she was in pain, immense pain.
"P…Please…save…$&#*(@*"
Her voice got distorted yet again and my eyes opened. I was looking up at the ceiling of the bathroom. I quickly got up and looked around but I was still in the bathroom of our apartment. All alone.
"That was Ai’s voice," I spoke out loud and quickly got out of the bathtub. I don’t understand why or how this happened, but I could hear her voice. Was I sleeping? Was it a dream?
If so, why was my dream like this? What if...
"What if Ai is actually in that state," I said standing before the mirror and looking at my reflection in it. For a brief second, my left eye glowed but soon the glow vanished and it was back as before.
"Ethan, do you know anything about that?" I asked the first. "I had a dream similar some months ago when Ai was killing a large hoard of vampires. I thought it was just my imagination. Maybe a random dream I had by chance which means nothing but it seems like it can be way more than before.
"Interesting, very interesting," Ethan said talking to himself. "It has been so long since I have this phenomenon happening."
"What do you mean?" I asked him but Ethan still seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.
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"Say, boy, do you plan to have kids with your lover?" Ethan asked an absurd question out of nowhere.
"W-w-wh- HUH?!!" I ended up shouting in the bathroom at Ethan as I was so taken aback by the question. That has nothing to do with what I asked him. W-what is he talking about right now? And why am I blushing so hard right now? It’s not like I have not already done that be- wait, wait, WAIT that is NOT the point right now. "What are even saying?" I asked him still baffled.
"It’s just that you and your little lover are a perfect match," Ethan said and I was still confused as to what he was trying to say. "If you two were to have a baby then t- "
"Again, NOT the point here. Just answer my question in that context please!" I said with my face still heating up.
"Well like I said, you two are a perfect match, genetically for each other. In human terms it would mean something else and is more focused on the outcomes through your offspring but for vampires, that means so much more. Being a perfect match also means being in perfect sync with one’s mind. Why does this happen, I could not figure it out myself but that means you can communicate with one another with your mere thoughts though it starts through things like the dream you just saw. As your partner is feeling a very intense emotion and is calling out for you due to it, you will be able to hear, see, or even feel that in your dream. Starting from something that happened in their past and now, something they are feeling in the current state," Ethan explained. "From what you just heard, that means your lover is calling out for you. She is completely helpless and is in immense pain."
"So you’re telling me- "
"Poor girl is getting tortured there," Ethan said and everything went silent around me for a second. I couldn’t hear or focus on anything, my body went numb and after a second as I regained control, a sin started to make its way in my mind as if poisoning it.
Wrath.
That was what I was feeling. Sheer, wrath.
I will join the mission with the S-class hunters and doesn’t matter what, I will kill Dominic.
I looked at the mirror again at my reflection and the same thing happened. My left eye glowed again, for a brief second yet again but I saw that happen.
"Seems like it is bound to happen," Ethan said.
"What will?"
"Inheritance of power," Ethan said, and I got confused. "In time, you will be inheriting my powers boy. The blood that is boiling in your veins is making your emotions go wild. Emotions are a key factor that a vampire should keep in mind to take care of or they can go berserk. They don’t have the best control over themselves if they don’t and since you are not a vampire yet, these emotions are working as a catalyst, converting you into one. First time I’ll ever see something like this."
"So I’ll grow stronger?" I asked Ethan.
"Yes b-"
"That’s all I need to hear and care about," I cut off Ethan and looked at myself, my face full of anger and the wanting to kill. "I will make Ethan fucking pay for what he did."
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