63 Scarlet Bond part 1 (2/2)
With that final thought, I resume moving toward the Fencing Club room.
-Late Afternoon, School Library-
”…”
”…”
We both didn't say anything and just wordlessly flip our book's page.
”…”
”...”
The room is filled with silent because the only people in this room are the two of us.
”…”
”…I'm bored.”
And I'm the first one who broke the silent.
”…”
”…I'm bored.” I look at the girl next to me as I said that word again.
With long purple hair and round glasses, my friend, Patchouli Knowledge, make a tired expression as she read her book.
”…What happened to your Fencing Club Meeting? Aren't you supposed to be there today?”
”Yes, I did, and they only talk about the upcoming tournament, so I told them to just include me in there and excuse myself early.”
”I see. Then doesn't that mean you're supposed to be training for the upcoming tournament right?” she replied while still looking at her book.
”Yes, that's indeed what I should be doing.”
”…Then why are you here right now?”
”Obviously because I'm feeling lazy right now!” I said with confidence.
”…” her expression turned sour.
”Hahahaha!” I laugh at her reaction.
She sighs.
”…Today is the 'feeding' day, isn't it?”
”!!” my whole body froze.
”…As expected.”
My smile slowly disappeared and my body slowly slumping forward.
*thud* I softly face planting myself on the desk.
”Why won't you just leave it to your servant? Or just used other method, use a blood bag instead.” suggest Patchouli.
I moved my head and positioned it so that I could see her from the side angle.
”…No, this is my duty and responsibility as her older sister, I won't let anybody else do it, and also, we already bought and used it last time, now we still don't have the money to buy another one.” I explained.
She sighs again after hearing my reply.
”Seriously, sooner or later you'll die from this you know.”
”…”
And the room turned silent once again.
I turned my head to look at the Library's window, the sky still shining brightly, indicating that it's still afternoon in time. Sakuya is still working on her paper and Meiling also does the same.
'Let's change to another topic.' I thought. ”…Hey Patche.” I called my friend's nickname.
”Hmm~?” she hummed questioningly.
”What do you think about the Masked Intruder?”
”He's a freak of nature.” she answered without hesitation.
I blink.
I correct my sitting posture and stare at her.
”From the guard, dodging the stun gun. From the student, beating and stripping your maid. From the photo, jumping over the Front Gate.” she readjust her glasses before continuing. ”Dodging the stun gun, you could say that he has great reflexes or anticipating the stun gun shot before hand, then the fight between him and your maid happened and he won the fight with your maid, this mean that he has bigger combat experience than her. After that, he leaps over the gate, not climbing it.”
Her eyes meet mine.
”Technically, if you want to go over the gate, climbing over it is the only way to do it in theory, and leaping over it is not an option with the reason of the gate's height is impossibly high to do it, but according to the eye witnesses, the Masked Intruder did it with ease and he never even touch the gate.”
”So you mean, he's some sort of super human?”
”Very likely, but I believe he's more than that. Remi, what kind of weapon did he used to cut your maid's clothes to pieces?”
”Huh? Weapon? Of course, he used…” and I start remembering the scene. ”…nothing. There's nothing in his hand at that time.” I start frowning.
Patchouli expression mirrored mine. ”I see, the most logical answer to this is that he used his finger nail, but we both know that there's more to it. 'Freak of Nature' or 'SuperHuman' might not be the best to describe him anymore.”
She paused for a moment, letting that info to sink in to our head first.
”I don't know what kind of things attract him to this place, but it's best if we stay out of it, including your maid, I knew she probably hold a grudge towards him, but tell her not to do it, for her own safety.”
”…I'll think about it later.”
”Good enough.” she looks satisfied with my answer.
And then we wasted our time with another small talk until Sakuya pick me up to go home.
-Evening, Scarlet Devil Mansion-
”A healer?” I asked.
”Yes, that was what he claimed to be when he approaches Me.” said Meiling.
Currently we're in front of our mansion's gate, it started when me and Sakuya walked back home, we then noticed a woman with a green tracksuit, Meiling, just standing around in front of our mansion's gate, apparently someone approach her when she's about to unlocking the gate.
”Is he some kind of Religion Recruiter? You shooed him away right?” I said annoyed.
”Mistress, I think this is more serious than we thought, hence why I'm waiting for you at the gate. ” Meiling said with a serious expression.
”…'Serious'? Explain.”
”Well, first off, he's not trying to recruit me into any religion. He actually said that he wants to heal the little girl inside the mansion.”
…
I glare toward Meiling.
”I never talk or even asked about her inside the school.”
I turned toward Sakuya.
”The same reason as Meiling, Mistress.”
And then I start thinking.
'There's no way it was because of my talk with Patchouli this afternoon, right? But the timing is just too perfect.' I thought. ”... did the man have anything more to say after that?”
”Actually, yes, he was. 'He could heal anything, from muscle ache to cancer'.”
…Suspicious.
”Did he say anything else?”
”Yeah, 'I'm a good healer, trust me', and then he gave me a thumbs up, like this.” Meiling raised one of her thumbs upward.
Definitely suspicious!
”…So, where is he now?” I asked as I look around.
”He had already left, but he said that he'll come back again at 9 o'clock.”
I feel worried.
”Don't worry about it, Mistress. I'll keep a look out for his arrival later.” said Sakuya.
”Then I'm counting on you, Sakuya.” then I motion ”So, Meiling, what this healer looks like?” I asked.
”Hmm, he's all black, by all black I mean, he's wearing a black Yukata, black jeans, black shirt, his hair also black, …oh right, his Yukata also has a kanji word in the back, it read as Touhou(East).” Meiling said as she starts opening the gate for us.
”…All black and Touhou? Is it the Touhou Academy? Are they finally poking their nose around me now? …Hm??” I tilted my head, 'I feel like I'm missing something.' I though.
”…It's him.”
The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped.
Me and Meiling slowly turned our head to look at Sakuya.
She's smiling gleefully, but her eyes, I actually felt a chill when I look at them.
”L-let us go in first, s-shall we?! W-we shouldn't stand in front of the gate!” Meiling stutters out.
”Y-yeah, get inside first!” I also stutter.
”Yes, we should prepare things in advance.” said Sakuya with a 'happy' tone.
I won't deny that we walked a little bit faster than the usual.
We eat dinner and done our other personal things, until finally.
I stare at the underground room door.
”All right, calm down me, I've already done this a lot of times, everything is gonna be okay.” I said trying to calm myself.
”Don't worry, Mistress, I'll always by your side.” said Sakuya next to me while holding a med kit.
I give her my thankful look before turning back toward the door.
I breathe in and breathe out.
I unlock the door with the key and then reach for the handle.
It turned and the door slowly opened.
Author Note:
I knew it's late but MinusT finally released his new works! Brambly Boundary! SA Extra Stage! Koishi vs Reimu! The scene when Koishi looks so happy that Reimu finally could see her through her unstable existence is so cute!
I kinda forgot about it, but here the info about people's age in this world:
Arah : 25 years old. (he stop his aging at 20)
Yukari : 27 years old.
Yuyuko : 25 years old.
Youmu : 16 years old.
Ran : 5 years old.
Chen : 1 years old.
Akyuu : 15 years old.
Remilia : 15 years old.
Flandre : 14 years old.
Sakuya : 21 years old.
Meiling : 23 years old.
Patchouli: 16 years old.
Koakuma: 5 years old.
I know that some character hasn't made their appearance yet, but this is what I think their age number is in my imagination.