"You know that old lady?" Blaze asked.
"Yes." said Sky.
"What? So who is she? Why don't you tell me earlier?" Blaze asked.
"Ehm? You didn't ask? I didn't just know her, I even had some rather mysterious encounter with her." said Sky.
"Heh?"
"Really? You don't know? She's the princess of the Muron's clan!" said Sky.
"What?! I thought she should be a lot younger than that." said Blaze.
"She's a human, she gets older with age." said Sky.
"Oh."
"Anyway, I think I knew the reason why her life extended." said Sky.
"Do let me know the reason." said Blaze.
"Well, Muron's clan is a human clan who is able to use simple magic although only the men are able to. It's a custody for all the men in the clan to give one year of their own life to the marrying princess as a present. So, that's it!." Sky explained.
"Wait! If that's the reason for the life extension, then, who did that magic?" Blaze asked.
"Hmm, I think the lady should know the whole truth, we just need to ask her." said Sky.
"Sky, if she intended to hide the thing, what makes you think she will let us know the answer easily?" Blaze asked.
"Just you, not me." said Sky.
"What?"
"Give me some time, I'll get the answer by tomorrow. Right now, can you go back first, I need you to contact Chris… ask him to go to bed already. It's almost 1 am at his place right now." said Sky.
"Ah…Ok (*think: "How did he even know Chris is still awake?")…"…
Chapter 20 - I Seriously Don't Know How to Name This Chapter!
The next morning.
"I'm back." said Sky
"Darling! What are you doing out there for the whole night? I tried to call your phone but you didn't answer me, I want to go find you but Chris-chan told me not to do so through the phone, where have you been?" said Maria.
"Naito's house, I have got the answer you want…Anyway, I'm a bit tired, we will talk about it later." Said Sky while getting into his room, and followed by Maria.
Sky's room, Sky is sitting on his bed, while Maria is next to him…
"What have you been doing for the whole night? What exactly is your relationship with the old lady? How did you get the answer so easily? Did you…".
Annoyed by Maria's non-stop talking, Sky stuff a piece of cookies into his mouth then patted his head say: "Are you jealous? Don't worry, I didn't do anything weird with her."
"Why are you looking so tired then?" Maria asked.
"Baka…I have been inside of 'that' house for the whole night, so…" said Sky.
"Ah!... Are you alright?" Maria asked.
"Haha… I'm much more stronger than you, don't worry, just a bit tired, let me sleep for a while, okay?" said Sky and Maria nodded…
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Later, noon time…
"Actually, I do suspect the father since you told me about the incident, so I asked the lady and somehow get the confirmation from her." said Sky
"How?" Maria asked.
"Uh…None of your consent right now. There is something much more important." said Sky.
"What is it?" Maria asked.
"Still remember I said that there is more than one type of magic used? Just now, I went to the area of the car accident, I trace some rather familiar magic source." said Sky.
"Familiar magic source? Who's magic is it?" Maria asked.
"Not sure, but I can confirm it is someone from the Black Cross." said Sky.
"Oh my…Should we call Chris?" Maria asked again.
"Not necessary, I believe Dark Prince is not in charge of this, but still quite a trouble since it is related to Black Cross after all." said Sky
"What should we do?"
"Well, since I haven't confirmed if this thing really is related to Black Cross or not, we might need to pay them a visit." said Sky.
"Right now?"
"Nope. We have another bigger problem need to solve." said Sky.
"I have a bad feeling about this." said Maria
"The magic that killed the uncle in the first place is still active, so I went check the record from Jason and I found out that the uncle is not the only victim." said Sky.
"This is bad, we need to stop that." said Maria
"Yeah, the problem is, I don't know how to stop it…
Usually it's Chris that did this kind of job." "Ah…Chris-chan had pampered you too much…"
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Meanwhile in America…
"Ha-chiu…Not again?"
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Later, in the middle of a highway…
"Okay, I have cleared the magic circle in this area." said Chris through phone call.
"Aww~~ I love you so much, Chris!!!" said Sky.
"Seriously? Why do I have to do a long distant magic spell for this?" said Chris.
"Because you are the only one who can do this." said Sky.
"Tsk… You know what time is it at America right now?" said Chris.
"Hehe… Dire situation." said Sky.
"Yeah, I know, especially when the afterworld is concern with this. However, I do hope that you restrict yourself from dealing with Black Cross, until I'm back." said Chris.
"Wow! I didn't even tell you about the Black Cross. You are a mind reader after all." said Sky.
"Shut up. Just don't mess with the Black Cross until I'm back." said Chris.
"Sorry, I don't think I can promise you that…" said Sky.
"Why?"
"We have an uninvited guest right now…Have to hang up, Bye." said Sky.
"Oh! Ok bye."…
Approaching Sky and Blaze is a rather familiar figure…