Chapter 129 - #128 Speechless (1/2)

”Elder brother Akashi, was that your girlfriend?” Kana asked with a teasing smile.

'Finally, a chance to see him embarrassed!' Kana thought and other girls who heard Kana's question immediately pricked up their ears while boys looked outside of the carriage to take a look at the so-called girlfriend.

”Curiosity killed the cat, do you know this proverb, kids? And no, I have just met her but I need to drop you off at my place and return so I won't be around for you for a few hours at most.” Akashi replied.

”So you are saying that you will ditch us so you can go on a date?” This time, Tetsu asked with a slightly upset tone but it was apparent that he was just playing it.

”...Yes” Akashi didn't want to play this game with them any longer so he just confirmed it with a casual smile.

'This guy! Ugh...' Tetsu rolled his eyes. After spending some time with Akashi, he already knew that he was just trying to get rid of them without explaining himself.

Upon hearing Akashi's words, a few kids looked down and their mood worsened a bit so Tetsu worked on explaining things in Akashi's stead.

Akashi obviously noticed this but he let Tetsu do this job. It couldn't exactly be taken as Tetsu working for him already but it was the beginning. It was a small test on how he can solve minor problems in Akashi's stead, after all, Akashi can't pay attention to everything.

Akashi already included the guards of the entrance to his residence into his organization so he just showed them the coin and they immediately let him in without demanding him to take off his hood.

”Who was that? Why did you let unknown carriage inside?” The maid who was working in the garden immediately ran up to the guards and asked them with a stern tone. Not exactly all maids here knew how to fight, Aiko for example...This one was also one of them so she wasn't the part of the organization.

Akashi's so-called organization already has around a thousand members which might not be much for some people but all of them were carefully scouted and there are even people who are working for his family for more than 3 years yet he didn't include them yet for safety reasons.

”That's none of your concerns, of course, we have no problem with you reporting this to the Lord Phoenix.” The guard replied while standing straight and looking straight in front of him without showing any fear in his expression.

'...Maybe they have some kind of permission from the lord. Anyway, it's none of my concerns, he is right.' The maid returned to her job while occasionally glancing at the carriage.

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Akashi used his Wrigglers to signal for Ichika to come outside. After a few seconds, she hurriedly arrived with a slightly panicked look.

”*Y-Young lord! You are finally back, it felt like an eternity! C-Can I?*” She approached Akashi and opened her arms, wanting to go for a hug but she stopped herself and asked first, however, she completely disregarded the presence of those kids behind Akashi.

Akashi just shook his head with a helpless smile and just spread his arms. Ichika immediately tightly hugged him with a peaceful smile on her face and closed eyes.

”...” The kids behind Akashi could only stare in disbelief as a tall beautiful lady with tanned skin and long black hair tied in a ponytail and mesmerizing violet eyes just asked for a hug from Akashi.

”Tch, playboy” Tetsu clicked his tongue and muttered while looking sideways.

”?! What's going? What happened to your eyes, young lord?” Ichika instantly started questioning Akashi when she noticed his blindfold while holding his hands with a worried expression.

”Nothing happened to them, don't worry, trust me. I need your help to accommodate these kids within our residence. We will talk about details later, I still have somewhere to go but it's just within the Capital.” Akashi replied while putting Ichika's hands on her ċhėst to reassure her.

”Can I come after you once I am done with this task?” She asked with a pleading look but before Akashi could reply to her...

”I wouldn't recommend it, that is if you don't want to ruin his da-teee ouch! What's wrong with you, Kana?!” Tetsu said while looking away from them but before he could finish, he was pinched by his sister.

Kana just gave him death stare so he just retreated and played dead.

'Date? Nah...young lord wouldn't prioritize normal date over greeting his entire family first unless behind that date is some kind of hidden meaning which wouldn't make it a ”normal date” anymore.' Ichika looked at Tetsu with a smile before she looked at Akashi and nodded her head.

”Thanks, I promise to tell you everything that happened to me. Also, don't inform anyone of my return, I want to surprise them myself.” Akashi said with a gentle smile while ruffling and playing with her hair tied in a ponytail.

Once again, kids were shocked to see this gentle smile on Akashi's face since all they got from him was a small smile.

”Listen up kids! This is Ichika and she will take care of you, for now, you don't have to be afra-” Before Akashi could finish talking...

”Big sis Ichika! How come you have such nice tanned skin?!”

”You have such a nice silky hair!” Boys ignored Akashi and immediately jumped on their new beautiful big sister, bombarding her with questions. The girls immediately glared at boys since it was far too obvious that they were trying to impress Ichika.

'Ungrateful pricks' Akashi thought with a wide smile but anyone who saw that smile got scared for some kind of reason.

”Anyway, you know the drill. Behave!” Akashi said for the last time with a stern tone before leaving.

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”Well, you have heard young lord, you need to behave. How about we eat something and you tell me where are you from in the meanwhile?” Ichika asked with a friendly smile while bending a bit to match their height.

Everyone agreed and after spending a few minutes with Ichika, they got to know that she is extremely patient with them, gentle and understanding.

'She would be a perfect mother.' All kids thought after interacting with Ichika for a few minutes.

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