14 Chapter 12 Mikus Pas (2/2)
She held the broom in her hands firmly as if she were holding prey.
The priest just continued smiling, ”Well, Yousee... We need more teams to mornitor immortals who might cause trouble and hurt innocent people.”
Shigure drops the broom in her hands in surprise to the man's answer. ”I-Immortals, You say?”
”Yes, That's right. We just need her help with apprehending some immortals as part of a team in E.I.M.D.”
Will Miku's parent Shigure agree to the man's reasoning?
She thinks for a moment before she calls her daughter...
”If it's for the public's safety then You have my permission as mother parent.”
With a bitter but at the same time friendly smile, she allowed the man to have Miku work with the E.I.M D...
With Miku now outside near the shrine's entrance, she tilts her head out of confusion.
”What is it, Mother? Did you need something?”
Shigure upon noticing that her daughter's voice beside, telling her that she is now outside; she explains the circumstances about the dangerous immortals hurting innocent humans and that she has to help out as a member of E.I.M.D to apprehend them.
”Wha- M-My sister has to leave and protect humans?”
The younger sibling who had secretly followed her older sister Miku, had heard the whole explaination and is now shocked.
The middle-aged man nods to confirm that the explanation is indeed of what she just heard.
”You see, Where short on members right now so...”
The man said in a friendly voice to get Tohka to understand, but...
”I don't want her to go! Please! Don't take my sister away!”
With tears now dripping down her face, Tohka had now began crying.
Seeing that her sister is now in the verge of tears, Miku placed her hands on Tohka's shoulders.
With a smile she said: ”I just need to help them, I'll come visit You on my days off.”
Unfortunately this just made her younger sister cry even more.
”No! I want You to stay here!”
Their mother just sighs at Tohka acting like a spoiled kid...
”We need to let her join unless the humans will get killed. Do you want that to happen?”
”I-I... Fine! Just make sure that you visit!”
With her cries now halting, she wipes her tears on to the sleeves of her shrine maiden attire.
”Yes, I promise. I knew you'd understand.”
Miku puts a hand on her younger sister then gives her a smile showing that she's glad that her younger sibling had understood that she had to absolutely cooperate.
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With the head priest Hideo that had visited the shrine that Miku and her family served, Miku is now packing some change of clothes and other important necessities such as a bunch of talismans into her wheeled luggage before leaving the shrine and heading to Tokyo where the E.I.M.D building is located...
”Be careful of strangers, ok?”
Miku's mother Shigure who was standing by the doorway of their house warned as Miku herself is now at the door ready to head out.
”I know that already! You don't have to keep reminding me!”
Miku protested to her mother who kept on telling her 'to be careful of this', 'if you get lost ask' and many more reminders in case something were to happen.
”Mother is just worried about you...”
The younger sibling Tohka who was beside their mother stated with teary eyes again.
”I know and stop crying already... You're not a little kid anymore.”
”B-But... I'm worried too...”
She started crying anyway even though her sister told her to not to.
”What am I gonna do with you... You are such a cry baby.”
With tears also streaming down her face, Miku forced herself to smile.
”Like you're one to talk, sis.”
The ten year old Tohka laughed with tears still streaming down her cheeks.
”S-Shut up... You cried first, you know?”
Checking the time on a nearby wall clock in the hallway, Miku said in a hurry: ”I-I need to go! The train is about to leave!”
”Have a safe trip!”
Both the younger sibling and their mother Shigure waved as Miku ran out of the door as if she was flying.
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Now at the train station's platform barely making it, Miku who is now out of breath panting spots the head priest Hideo waiting for her to get there...
”You finally arrived, The train almost left us, you know?”
”S-Sorry... My family distracted me...”
Hideo just sighs at the sweaty-from-running Miku who was about to get on the bullet train bound for Tokyo.
[End of Chapter 12]