Chapter 257: Reach Out For The Truth (2/2)
”2 days!? 2 days?! What happened while I was asleep?! Did another war start!? Did anyone else die on the battlefield!? Did the shalker leader get captured, killed, or did he run away!? Are my fr—”
”Calm down Kane, everything will be alright… I'm happy to see you alive and kicking son. Things have been really wild this month, stressful for all of us. Losing someone like you would have been the final nail in the coffin,”
All of a sudden, the room's door was thrust wide open, a dark-haired man wearing a black business suit walked in, coffee cup in hand, bags under his eyes and rather neatly kept hair unlike he usually had.
”General Ryker? Why are you here!?”
Moby's eyes grew wide, seeing the face of a man he didn't expect.
”It was actually all by chance, lucky me right? I was actually here to check up on you and a few of the injured soldiers and I noticed that you had suddenly woken up… Kid, you might have made a lot of stupid choices out there. But, despite your recklessness, I still see you as a hero… This has all shed some light on many things previously unknown…”
*Sigh*
”You know, this kid stayed up 2 days straight to watch over you to see when or if you would even wake up, she only took a small nap from exhaustion 3 hours ago when I last came in. I bet she must have been very disappointed that she didn't catch you the second you woke,”
As the general spoke, Moby took a closer look at Hikari, and the ugly blackness under her still tear-filled eyes.
”General-sama! Thank you so much for allowing me to skip training to watch my big brother…”
Hikari stood up and bowed, looking at the ground with her eyes closed.
”No problem kid, but that doesn't get you out of things! You're still in deep trouble young lady! Fooling your instructor with a fake light projection so you could go out and play! I told you people shouldn't even know you exist! And you go around working with gangs! A gang owned by a shalker nonetheless!”
Hikari's sad face of disappointment suddenly turned serious, her hair shifting into black darkness.
”Hey! General! Stop being a dickhead to my sister! You have her caged up all day so it's only natural she wanted to escape! Even though now she hates the hell out of that disgusting shalker! Emilia was the only person nice to her a—”
Yet, before her sister insulted the general too much, Hikari switched back into control and bowed once more, apologizing.
”I'm s-sorry general… It won't happen again…”
*Sigh*
”I might have been a little harsh on you, if all goes well and you don't cause any trouble for the rest of the year, I promise you a big surprise at the end of the school year,”
”Pinky promise?”
”Yes, pinky promise,”
Hikari's face became more excited hearing the general's word, as she turned around to face Moby once more with tear-filled eyes, an unseen smile on her covered face.
”Sorry about that, I'm sure you still have many things on your mind…”
The general sighed once more, as he took a sip of his coffee mug, his eyes fixated on Moby.
Moby slowly lifted his right hand, noticing a familiar warm imprint on it with a hint of sweat.
”Hikari… Was someone else here with me too?”
”Yes, Jayden Griffith was also here. She only just left a few hours ago right before I went to sleep,”
”Really!? She's alright?! Where did she go!? So, everyone else is alright too?”
Although Moby had fully expected to see Jayden by his side if everything went well, she wasn't there which was the cause of most of his doubts and worries, but for her to leave his side like that, something rather important must be going on…
”Why did she leave?”
”I think she said something about an execution and introducing her new sister to her new home…”
”What!? N-new sister?! Execution!? What's going on!? Explain! I need answers about everything!”
The General took another sip of his coffee, sighing once more as he sat down on a chair beside Moby.
”Kane, A lot has happened while you were asleep. So, just calm down and I'll explain everything you need to know before I ask you some questions of my own...”