106 Movements (1/2)

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In the Kouzuki house, Mei had just finished saying thanks to the instructor that accompanied her while carrying Kazuya back. Though the instructor saw this as a rare chance to talk to a person such as Mei, he was utterly devastated when she ignored most of what he said while maintaining a cold demeanor.

”Should we inform the mistress?” Akane asked after taking out a new set of clothes for Kazuya. She was a little worried that he had overworked himself again since this young master of hers always had a habit of pushing himself.

”No need. We'll just tell her once she comes back home. Kazu's just tired and resting for a day won't affect his results on the exam anyway” Mei smiled and pacified Akane. She told them the excuse she came up with Jirou which put the blame on the old man because he wanted to see if Kazuya wasn't slacking off after joining the tennis club.

”I will contact the school and make preparations for a hearty meal then” Akane placed the change of clothes on the bed and left the room. Mei stared at Kazuya's sleeping face and fixed his hair to the side. She was a little unconvinced that this cute face had actually ended a life in the previous night mostly because of her.

There was nothing she could do because she wasn't there and the deed had already been done. She appreciated how protective Kazuya was of them but she still felt conflicted since people being slain weren't that common in this day and age.

The sleeping Kazuya turned towards the hand that was fixing his hair and rubbed his cheek on it. This was one of the actions that Kyouko was envious of. Her son would rub his face around Mei's direction whenever she would join them in bed late at night. They didn't know if this was born from him recognizing Mei's scent or presence but even Kazuya was not aware of this peculiar action.

”hehe… what am I going to do with you” seeing that he was still the Kazuya she knew, Mei decided to put these matters off for now. What mattered the most was that he returned safely and the threats to their company has lightened up.

She started removing his clothes gently. Kazuya had already taught them some of the basic uses and advantages of mana so no matter how much Kazuya would sweat, it will all be dispersed into the air. For women, this was a very useful skill so they aspired to make it so that they would be like Kazuya who could keep this up even while he was sleeping.

Mei hesitated a little when she took off everything except his underwear. Her face started heating up as she saw that Akane had included a change of underwear in the clothes she placed on the bed.

”(W-what am I hesitating for!? K-kazu is still a kid and…)” she stopped her current thought as the confirmed theory of him having a mentality older than it was supposed to be popped into her mind. This caused an inner conflict as she held onto Kazuya's underwear trying to decide if she should change it or not.

”W-w-w-what are you doing b-big sis?” Kazuya who just regained consciousness woke up to Mei holding tightly onto his underwear while wearing a serious look.

”K-kazu” Mei was startled and jumped back. She saw Kazuya back up nervously on the bed while trying to cover himself up. ”Y-you're up?” she found his reaction quite interesting and alarmingly cute so she recovered from her shock rather quickly. ”Granny Fuji brought you a change of clothes. She had to inform your school that you would be taking the day off to recover so I tried to change you myself”

”Thanks but I'll change by myself” he almost disappeared along with his clothes and bolted into the bathroom to change. Mei giggled at this action since he was so embarrassed that his speed caused the light objects in the room to move or fly around. It was only after a little while did he come back with his hand visibly drying off the water on his hair.

”Are you showing off?” Mei asked. This convenient magic required a lot of control that she still lacked to pull it off involuntarily.

What Mei didn't know was the only reason that this had been second nature to Kazuya was because he lived in a society which didn't have the luxury to have people that regularly take baths. Though Edea was a world that was rich with mana, not everyone actually had the ability to utilize and study it well.

”What am I doing in my room?” He was totally out cold and since Mei's presence was with him after he left the Shiroyuki house, he subconsciously didn't feel the need to wake up.

”Shiroyuki Jirou-sama already told me everything. Did you really… kill the leader of the people that attacked the company” Mei tried to confirm. ”He also said that you need to give up if you want to find trouble with Domyouji Gakuto's grandson because he was—”

”Both of them were eliminated by the same person” Kazuya stated nonchalantly. ”They won't be bothering us anymore” Kazuya tied his hair and looked at himself in the mirror before sitting down to face Mei.

”Why? Why did you have to go that far?”

”Because the Dokuro group is useless without their head and they are the arm that does the Muimina family's dirty work. Their actions would be severely limited now that one of their hidden cards have been disbanded. Dokuro Domon controls all the power and wealth of the group so without both, his people would disband” Kazuya explained.

”What about Domyouji Kuuga? Isn't he one of the grandsons of your grandfather's friends?”

”The Domyouji Clan?” Kazuya sneered. ”They are my grandfather, Kouzuki Kou's friends and not mine. Domyouji Gakuto discovered the fact that his grandson was connected to the incident two years ago and has cooperated with Lee's attempts to take care of me so why did Domyouji Kuuga have the audacity to try again?

They tried to hide the fact that one of them was involved and it was only recently that this was known. Had Domyouji Gakuto really valued his relationship with the Kouzuki Clan, they would have apologized for his grandson's transgression. I doubt that my grandfather is aware of this fact or else their previous gathering wouldn't have ended in Domyouji Gakuto still being arrogant as he still is” Kazuya really didn't have a good opinion about the Domyouji group. He had his plans about them and it would be up to them if he was going to overlook their past offence.

”Besides, that Kuuga guy decided to strike back one more time even after I warned him” Kazuya sighed. ”He somehow knew that big sis was connected to the Kazuno corporation and reported to Kurogane Suzaku that the company is yours behind the scenes” he retold the conversation he wasn't able to stop that day which made Mei's brows furrow.

”This is going to be troublesome…” Mei sighed. ”He decided to spill the information after you warned him about it?”

”No… He asked for big sis as an additional condition for the information. This was what sealed his fate” Kazuya revealed a hint of killing intent. ”With the trail I've left behind, the Domyouji Clan and the Muimina family will be the least of our problems”

”He wanted me?” Mei was a little surprised. For someone to say that in front of Kazuya was indeed like holding a piece of fresh meat in front of a tiger. There had been a couple of incidents where she saw him flicking small pieces of whatever small object he had towards the eyes of those who stared at her and Kyouko with lascivious eyes. Both of them felt really happy about this and let him do it.. ”What do you mean by the 'trail you left behind'?”

”That story might actually take a while…”

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