Don’t you say it.
Don’t you dare say it.
Wipe that smug off your face.
Don’t you—
"So, when am I getting the good news?"
She said it!!
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Both mine and Ai’s faces turned red and we averted our gaze from Natsumi-san. Why does she have to say this without caring and with a smug on her face? It is almost as if she was expecting something like this.
"What are you talking about?" I said feigning ignorance to what she just said and my reaction.
"Are you kidding me kid? Ai has a bite mark on her neck and I am sure no vampire attacked you guys. You have been rubbing your neck from time to time so I am pretty sure she also did something. You do know this is the same as marriage for vampires, don’t you?" Natsumi-san said with a smug on her face.
"Congratulations Kazuki," Iwaguchi-san said giving me a thumbs up. I really do respect you but you were not supposed to say that Iwaguchi-san.
"Okay, so what if it is? I don’t really mind it," I said pouting.
"N-neither do I. Also…it was a safe day for me so there is no problem," Ai said meekly but everyone heard it.
Why did you have to say that?
Everyone looked at her blankly and she lowered her head in embarrassment. While Natsumi-san had a smug on her face, Iwaguchi-san whistled.
"I didn’t know you went even further than this," she said teasingly.
Great, now she has a topic to tease me about.
"So, how did it happen?" she said putting her arm around Ai’s shoulder and bring her face closer to hers. "I am Kazuki’s sister so I need every single detail."
"It happened in the spur of the moment," Ai muttered.
"Natsumi-san, what are you making my wife say?" I said without thinking and Ai’s face became redder. What am I even saying?!!
"W-wife, I am Kazu-kun’s wife now," Ai muttered as steam came out of her head but Natsumi-san was still not done with her advance.
Dialing everything back to tomorrow, well…we lost ourselves and did it. Yes, "it". It really just happened in the spur of the moment but once it started, we completely went with the flow. After all that, there was a little awkward environment between me and Ai. That was actually mostly me since I could not look right at her face without getting those thoughts out of my mind.
Ai, on the other hand, got even clingier to me though I don’t mind it at all. She seemed like she just got even closer to me which I thought was impossible since we were already really close. Ai made me admit that we are married now and she is using her status as a vampire for her own advantage.
"So, how many times?" Natsumi-san asked.
"T-three," Ai muttered.
Stop it!!
I will die of embarrassment!
Wasn’t I here to train and get my body beaten up? This is not what I signed up for. Someone, please make it stop.
"Are you going to do it again?"
"Obviously!" Ai said with a determined look on her face.
Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is? Weren’t you the shy and embarrassed one? I want a refund!
"An—"
"Stop it!!" I shouted out of embarrassment. "Any more of this then I will die! Just get with the training already. Okay, I did it with Ai, end of the story. We are a happy couple so get a man for yourself too Natsumi-san. Instead of getting in our love life."
Without knowing, I did a lot of damage to Natsumi-san who held her chest in pain and stumbled. She let go of Ai and Ai ran and hugged my arm with a big smile on her face.
"I am Kazu-kun’s wife, I am so happy," she said snuggling to me cutely. Okay, maybe something good did come out of this situation.
Without a warning, a blade was directed at my face and I jumped back pushing Ai aside. Natsumi-san then swung her scythe and I ducked down dodging it and activated my katana and aimed for her legs and as excepted, she jumped up. Having already deduced that, I kicked the ground and stabbed the end of the scabbard on her arm and I actually got a hit on her. She kicked me off and I was pushed back on the ground.
"To think you were already able to get a hit on me. You are improving faster than I expected Kazuki, it is almost impossible for people to do this," Natsumi-san said moving her back leg further and lowered her scythe taking a firmer stance. "Then it means I am allowed to go all out."
She charged at me and before I could react, she was right in front of me and a sharp, cold blade was already at the back of my neck. She smirked and I bent down getting out of it and twisted my body to kick her which she blocked with her handle and pushed me away. I quickly got back in the stance and blocked her strike with my scabbard and slashed horizontally straight in her guts with the blade and she jumped back dodging it as I moved forward.
My legs kicked off the ground and I heard something crack and I was right in front of Natsumi-san but there was a little problem. I was not able to control my speed and as a result, I flew further and smashed myself in the wall.
Boom
My body had a flow of pain go across it due to the impact.
"Ouch," I said rubbing my head and I saw a silver blade right in front of my face.
I looked up seeing Natsumi-san holding her scythe in front of me but her smug and smirk was changed by a soft smile. She pulled the scythe away and offered me her hand. I took her hand and she pulled me up.
"You are getting better at a monstrous rate kid, maybe I don’t need to train you for too long," she said smacking my back making me stumble.
"I just broke the wall from that side of my body so please don’t try breaking it any further," I said in pain straightening my back.
Honestly, I did not expect this to happen at all. I thought I would get my ass beaten up yet again badly but looks like I got my ass beaten but not that bad. My body was feeling lighter than before and so was the weapon in my hand. I stared at it and gripped it tightly.
"Now that you have some insight on how to actually fight then let’s start polishing those skills of yours," Natsumi-san said and twisted her scythe turning it smaller. "Iwaguchi, you’re up."
As Natsumi-san said it, Iwaguchi-san activated his combat axes and got in his stance. I got ready to fight him and before him, I decided to attack. From what I know till now, he attacks really low. Every single of his blows is to immobilize the enemy and then kill them so I needed a way to counter it.
He bent down as I expected and aimed for my legs. I twisted my body and flipped forward landing right behind him and kick him at the back of his knee. He quickly got on his hands and kicked me in the face while doing a handstand which took me by surprise. I blocked his kick with the scabbard and pushed it away but that gave him enough time to charge at me.
He was faster than before and I also did the same. I had the extra range on him so all I had to do was keep my distance. As I got in range, I thrust my blade forward at him but he dodged it not stopping his offense and I got closer to him. He raised his axes and I raised my scabbard and both of us stopped as the weapons made contact…
On each other’s bodies.
"Not bad Kazuki," Iwaguchi-san said standing up.
"But I did lose to you so I can’t say much. I am still lagging behind aren’t I?" I said sheathing my blade.
"But honestly, to think you progressed so much so fast is scary. Who knows, maybe you might reach Natsumi-san’s level with some more training. You do have a lot of potentials," he said and reverted his weapons back.
"Well, it is not my potential actually. I am just borrowing it," I said and they all looked at me.
After this, I finally explained about me being able to talk to Ethan and how his blood reaction is making my body adapt and get stronger. Even if I am still human, I was getting stronger day by day and that was only because of Ethan’s blood. It was almost like a cheat code for me but I still have no idea how to control these powers. Like the time when I crashed into the wall.
As everyone listened to me speaking, I made sure to be loud enough so that voice would reach James too who is probably sitting at the other side of the security cameras monitoring my progress the entire time. Even if what I was saying sounded really absurd, they all believed me knowing there were no pros to me lying to them in this situation. Maybe it could help them get more information about the blood of the first.
I don’t really trust everyone here except for a select few so I decided to hide this entire matter for this long. I was about to tell it to Ai too but when the incident with Natsumi-san happened, I decided to keep it on hold and tell everyone at one go.
"I see, so it was the blood of the first which is making you do it indirectly," she said and Iwaguchi-san tilted his head.
"Indirectly?" he said.
"She means that the blood of the first is just maturing and as it does, it is making my body stronger to withstand it. So, this is only because of the fact the blood is maturing now. If not for that, I would not be able to even react to any of your attacks," I explained to him.
"Does that mean that once Kazu-kun’s blood matures completely, he will be as strong as the first?" Ai asked.
"Well, I don’t know about that but I do know one thing, I am awakening something similar to vampires," I said closing my eyes and I could tell that this line really baffled everyone.
"By that…you mean…"
"By that I mean is that my blood is originally a vampire’s blood but my body is that of a human. It is trying to take over my human nature and little by little it actually is. It might not be able to take over my mind but my instincts are being more of a vampire," I explained and looked at Ai. "When yesterday I b-bit you…something inside me was telling me to bite even deeper. Bite till blood starts flowing out of your neck. Then again, I have never been a vampire before so I don’t really know about it but it does worry me. I might actually turn into a vampire and if I do, I fear I might…"
"Be really dangerous," Natsumi-san finished my line and I looked at her. She laughed lightly. "If that were ever to happen, I will make sure to hold you down so you couldn’t move. I am a lot stronger than I am showing now, kid."
"Well, that is expected of Maiden of Death," Iwaguchi-san said and we all looked at him.
"What?" I and Ai said in unison.
Maiden of Death? I don’t know why Natsumi-san is called that but it sounds so cool.
Natsumi-san said and hit Iwaguchi-san hard on the head. The sound echoed in the room and I was scared if she shook his brain in the process. "As I said, stop calling me that now will you?"
"Um…we feel a little left out here," I said raising my hand.
"Oh, well it is just something people here call me," she said rubbing her head. "Is this what I get for being the best of the best?"
Both me and Ai just blankly stared at her and my mind wandered off at Natsumi-san’s personality. What do I know about her till now? I think, almost everything. She is strong, doesn’t hesitate to resort to violence, hates cleaning her house, doesn’t like cooking, and always relies on me on that matter and she is kind to me. I think I should add her being the strongest too to the list.
"But even if I am the strongest, I never did that in my teens," she said in a teasing voice. "It is nice to be young."
"STOP IT!!!" I shouted.