Chapter 171 - #170 Reunion of 2 lovebirds (2/2)
3 of them were her old subordinates.
The other person was Bols wearing a mask who was transferred from the Incineration Squad to here.
Another person was someone who was already Akashi's acquaintance, Seryu.
Then, there was a young man with short dark blue hair named Wave. A young man with fair blond hair and golden eyes and delicate face named Run. And the last person was a man with spiky black hair with a white patch wearing a white lab coat named Dr. Stylish
”What?!” Everyone exclaimed with a surprised expression.
”B-But what about Night Raid?” Wave got up from his seat as he questioned.
”Yes, general, what about that ominous group of ȧssassins?!” Seryu also got up, following Wave's example.
”Their movements are too unpredictable for us to track them down. They almost stopped performing ȧssassinations ever since I have arrived at the Capital. We aren't getting anywhere and I have something important to do so all of you are free to train on your own but I advise you not to hunt them on your own...that's my warning. Do as you want as long as you won't cause any trouble. Esdeath explained before she turned around, showing that she wanted to leave immediately.
”E-Esdeath-sama, shall we accompany you?” Liver asked while kneeling down together with Nyau and Daidara.
”Hm? No, I want to go all alone, you are in command of my army until I return, Liver. Don't disappoint me by doing stupid decisions in my absence.” Esdeath glanced at her subordinates before she ordered.
”Y-Yes!” Liver instantly replied although he was slightly disappointed that they couldn't accompany her.
'What could be so important for Esdeath-sama to go all alone?' Liver thought with a confused expression since everything happened so fast.
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'Looks like they are finally done...Perfect timing!' Akashi thought while getting ready to leave. Just a few minutes ago, Kiyomi came back to him with a message from Mera.
”Going somewhere?” Poney who suddenly barged into his study's room without even knocking asked with a curious expression.
”Yes, and I am leaving for at least 2 weeks.” Akashi replied while dressing up his military coat, completely unbothered by Poney's sudden intrusion since he was already used to it.
”Wha-?! Why for so long? Where are you going? Can I go with you?” Poney immediately started bombarding him with questions.
”Ugh, one at the time, please... I can't really say where I am going since I am still not aware of that myself but I will be traveling to the south-west. As for why...because I can? Simply because in 2 weeks I will have my match against Esdeath so I want to get into perfect condition. And lastly...unfortunately you can't go with me, I need you to be here together with Kurome to receive any Akame's messages.” Akashi ġrȯȧnėd and quickly explained.
”...*sigh* Fine...But before you go, Akashi, umm, there is something I would like to talk about with you.” Poney sighed out before she accepted while pouting a bit, then her expression changed as she began to embarrassingly look at the ground, avoiding Akashi's eyes.
'It must be about the thing that Esdeath mentioned...' Akashi thought and Poney took his silence as a sign she should continue.
”You see...I never knew you were interested in that...I previously thought that I had nothing to really hide but-” Poney started slowly explaining while fidgeting with her hands.
”It was Esdeath who walked in on you” Akashi bluntly interrupted her and said with a stoic expression.
”Huh?” Poney raised her head as she looked at Akashi with a blank expression.
They continued to stare at each other in silence for an almost entire minute before Poney just turned around and left the room with a robotic-like movement without saying anything.
'...Was what I have just done the right thing?' Akashi thought while staring strangely at the door.
When he arrived at the place, he immediately noticed Mera and Taeko leaning against the tree.
”Akashi!” Taeko instantly bolted to Akashi when she noticed him. However, when she arrived in front of him, she suddenly turned nervous and had no idea what to do.
Akashi who noticed her hesitation smiled at her and looked over her shoulder at Mera who just quickly avoided eye contact. Sensing that getting too intimate with Taeko in front of Mera might cause Mera discomfort, he just tightly hugged Taeko and secretly planted a light kiss on her cheek.
”*It's nice to see you again but I guess we should keep ourselves in control, at least in front of Mera*” Akashi whispered in a teasing tone right into Taeko's ear.
”Mm” She just hummed in acknowledgment before resting her head on his ċhėst with closed eyes.
'I will have to reveal the deal with Esdeath real soon...I hope Taeko will take it well or at least without any major problems...' Akashi thought while gently rubbing Taeko's back.