Chapter 130 - #129 Preparations (2/2)

”It was nice having your company, Seryu, Koro-chan.” Akashi crouched down and patted Koro's head before he once again stood up.

They said their goodbyes and Akashi returned back to his mansion.

The moment Akashi returned and entered the mansion, a silver-haired woman instantly jumped on him, tightly hugging him.

”Um...Is something the matter, mother?” Akashi asked with a confused expression while patting Ember, his mother's back.

”You have been away for quite a long time and you ask me what's the matter? And what the hell happened to your eyes?!” She immediately attracted the attention of everyone since the entire mansion was completely silent.

”Nothing happened to them, really. See-?” Akashi replied while taking the blindfold off and opened his eyes without blinking to adjust his eyes to the light. He took the blindfold off just because he felt that it was alright to stop the training right now, previously, he was afraid of losing all progress but right now he was already accustomed to working without his eyes. The only thing that remained was to merge his enhanced other senses together with his sight. This can be quite hard and if he once again gets accustomed to using his sight as the main sense, he can even lose the entire progress so he must be careful.

His eyes were immediately attacked by the ”intense” light but despite feeling burning pain, he endured it.

'Hm? His eyes look like they are completely new...His pupils are slightly enlarged but nothing else is different so why does it feel that way?' Ember thought while carefully looking into Akashi's eyes.

”Akashi Nii-sama?!”

”Young master?!”

Both Kurome and Aiko came down from the second floor and once they spotted Akashi standing in the main hall, they ran up to him and hugged him from each side.

'Ugh, am I some kind of stuffed animal for hugging or what?' Akashi thought but he still smiled at them and patted their heads.

Akashi remained there hugging them for a few minutes before he excused himself to greet other people inside the mansion. He reported to his father and also the situation about the kids.

”I see...You did well but we need to be careful so no one recognizes them, they should also feel indebted to you so they might be great future ȧssets to our family. You mentioned that each of them will pick a different department which they want to study. I can arrange some teachers and I can also hire regular teachers to teach them some regular stuff. We wouldn't want them to be uneducated...” Jun, Akashi's father said to Akashi while doing some paperwork at his table in his study.

”Thanks, I already had Ichika accommodate them. They are probably sleeping already since they must be tired from the entire journey...Is there anything else?” Akashi nodded his head with a grateful smile and then asked with an uncertain expression since it looked like his father still had something he wanted to ask.

*sigh* ”Yes, unfortunately, yes. Your wedding is only a few weeks from now and you still haven't done anything about it. If you want to marry that girl then I don't mind but at least be honest with me.” Jun said with a complicated expression.

”...Pff, haha, you think that since I haven't done anything yet, I actually want to marry her? Don't worry, my plan is already set in motion.” Akashi laughed a bit and then reassured his father with a calm expression once again.

”Just be careful how you do it...if anything happens to their family just a few weeks or days before wedding, most people will think that we are the culprits since we don't want to have ties with such a small family.” Jun said with a serious expression since he was aware that his son was slightly sadistic. He was aware that his son just wants to give that family hope just to lose it right in front of them.

”No need to worry, I already have a plan on how to do it. I have met someone from Imperial police today and I believe she will help me. And even if her superior is scum, he won't let himself be bribed by them if he will see opportunity to take everything from them. Either way, that family is done for once the evidence I have accumulated gets to the public. It doesn't matter if high ranking members in the Imperial police are righteous or scums anymore.” Akashi explained with a calm tone and smile.

”She? Akashi, you need to be cautio-” Jun already wanted to warn his son since he thought that he might be too trustful to that woman. After all, women are very dangerous no matter in what department.

”Don't worry, I am not naive, neither I am horny. I will make sure that there won't be any leads to our family.” Akashi replied before his father could finish his sentence.

*cough* ”Ehm, language, Akashi. Your mother could be listening behind the doors. Anyway, that's everything for today, you should also get some rest.” Jun cleared his throat and said with a calm tone.

Akashi nodded his head with a smile before he left his father's study.

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'From what I have heard from the guards, it looks like the tension between the Revolutionary Army and the Empire is becoming bigger each day. The true war will start within a few weeks or months at most.' Akashi thought while relaxing in the bath.