Chapter 341: ‘Cause I Love You (1/2)
“Akiha!”
Taiyou was a moment too late. He grabbed Shirokiyami’s face, attempting to open her mouth.
“Not here. Over there.”
“—-gh!”
Akiha was actually the calm one in this situation. Taiyou realized what she was trying to say.
He swung around, charging at Yuri. As soon as they came into contact, he made a blow to her vitals, knocking her unconscious. He set her limp form on the ground before he turned back to Shirokiyami.
She was slowly opening her mouth in amazement. Akiha flicked her hands, breathing on them. They had deep teeth marks on them with blood welling up.
“Akiha!”
He raced toward her only to get flicked on the forehead.
“Like I said, not here. Over there.”
She grabbed his face with both hands and steered it toward the dumbfounded Shirokiyami. As he stared at her, Taiyou asked Akiha for affirmation.
“Is everything really okay?”
“How many times I gotta tell you? I swear I’ll knock you down.”
Akiha pushed his shoulders. Taiyou lost his balance, having been pushed over to Shirokiyami. He decided to forget about Akiha for the time being as he looked at Shirokiyami. He firmly grasped her so that she wouldn’t try and run away.
“You alright?”
“I…am…”
“Mhm.”
“…going to di—-”
“Nope, not letting you.”
Taiyou completely cut her off. He just had the feeling that if he didn’t cut her off, she would actually end up in an irreversible situation.
“Bu…t…”
He covered her mouth with his hand, preventing her from saying another word. He turned to Juurokuya and spoke in a commanding tone.
“Take that girl along and lock her up somewhere. Treat her with care, but make sure that she doesn’t get away.”
“O-O-Okay!”
Being that Taiyou was her master’s master, the order was quickly carried out thereafter. After Juurokuya contacted someone, two well-built men appeared and took Yuri away somewhere. Watching them leave, Taiyou stared at Sakura as he continued to prevent Shirokiyami from speaking.
“What a handful…”
“I do hope that I’m not next.”
“No, I’m not going to have you take responsibility over what just happened.”
“You should realize that responsibility belongs to people not just because of their orders, but also because of the consequences that their orders bring about.”
“I’m not trying to head in that direction right now.”
“Then what are you trying to do?”
“I wanted to discuss your marriage appointment.”
“…”
Sakura’s smile was now slightly unraveled.
“Her sister coming over here and Akiha getting hurt as a result was simply a means to an end, or at the very least a byproduct. I see no point in further debating the particulars, as it would only prolong things and prevent me from discussing what I came here for.”
“But if you do not resolve this, then she will remain in that state.”
She was talking about Shirokiyami.
“Nothing bad will occur as long as I have her in my arms like this.”
“How long will you hold on to her then?”
“As long as I need to.”
“Ooo~”
Akiha jeered from the side.
“Hush.”
“You’re quite the cool one.”
“Can I ask you something?”
“What would that be?”
“Why are you here?”
“Because Juurokuya asked me to be here.”
He promptly answered. That was the biggest and only reason.