Reiji's eyes became furious, 'Shut..it!'
'Oh! You didn't?! Let me do the honour then!' R is a smirks.
Reiji restricted his powers as she was inside a human body without a deal. Any harm done to this human would be fatal for him. While she was moving towards the exit she smiled and said, 'You! Do you know who you actually are?'
Reiji saw Aki was surprisingly calm when she was going out.
"Is he letting her go?" He noticed that Aki was focused on something else.
'Of course I do…'Aki smirked as she opened the door.
'But do you know what I am?' Aki gestures his hands like throwing something then takes something in his grip,"Necto"…"Retinere"
Before she could move the body she felt like she was tied down by Something.
"Expello" The Jinn Risa gets extracted from the body as soon as the spell enters the body.
Aki shoved the teacher's body with another hand's gesture. Risa couldn't move her body properly. Only feets were able to move. She looked at the body as it was shoved outside then looked at Aki. The whole room's mandala rune turned orange from green. She was then released from the bind.
Reiji was transfixed at the sudden change of Aki's. She took the chance of Aki's surprise attack to grab Reiji's throat with a knife as that was on the fruit bowl. Aki's face darkens.
'Druid..ha !?' As much as she was amazed,she turned evil to hurt her own kind.
'Wow!..It's been centuries since the last one. No?' She touched Reiji's throat more cruelly.
"Pervenio" Reiji's body disappeared and came out from Aki's left hand's ring.
Risa was left shocked.
Risa threw the knife towards Aki but Reiji caught it. He throws back towards her but Aki stops it.
"Subsisto" The knife stopped just right in front of her right eye. She was shocked as she can't use anything spiritual.
'Why did you stop?' Reiji was expecting Aki to punish her.
'I never wanted to hurt her.' She was surprised to hear Aki.
The knife was thrown out from the window.)
'Are you finished?' Aki asked politely.
Reiji didn't understood any of the sympathy towards her)
Aki asked, 'Will you talk now?'
She was silent.
'I presume it was not solely your action. Am I wrong?' She nodded to deny Aki was wrong.
Aki questions, 'Why did you do it?'
'Mostly because I love Mei.' Risa said.
Reiji couldn't believe her words.
'What's with that reason? Why would you want to hurt Noah…' Reiji stopped.
Risa, seeing Reiji stop, became confused, 'You felt it too?'
'Noah loves someone…but that's not Ruan Mei.' Aki interrupted their conversation.
'His feelings are growing,he is just ignoring that because of me but I know he will leave me one day. It's been foreseen.' She .
Reiji frowns, 'What? Who…'
'There never is an absolute future. Your actions will always change the course. So don't let something like that shake your resolutions. Love shouldn't be destructive. Love should be something beautiful. As far I have felt you didn't want to hurt a human. Who provoked you?' She didn't speak afte r hearing Aki.
Aki knows who that was.
Even though he can guess, he pretended not to know, 'It's ok! You can go. But heal them before you go.'He pointed at Ginger and Juko.
'How...how did you know...I am a healer?'
'There was no cut on Noah's lip. That means after you made him punch on Noah's lip you made the teacher unconscious and healed Noah.' Aki explains.
'I'm really sorry! I was so stupid!' She cried for a long time but Aki didn't undo the rune circle.
He doesn't trust her yet.
'I understand! You can go now.' Aki withdraws the spell and makes it disappear.
'Thank you for not destroying me. I will be forever in your debt.' Risa sincerely appreciated Aki's kindness.
'Aaa! No need for that.Thanks is enough.' Aki hesitantly said.
"I don't want one more Jinn to get attached to me.I have enough." Aki was relieved.
Risa leaves, bowing to Aki.
Reiji was in disbelief that Aki let her go.
Aki shared his suspicion with him that she was just a puppet and someone else was controlling her so hurting her would be a waste of effort.
'If you let go,how do you think we can catch that person?!' Reiji became curious.
'You can play chess right?' Aki asked.
'Chess??' Reiji didn't understand how chess was related to this situation.
'She was just a pawn,but she was enough to checkmate me. Let that King...think like that. At least I get to know now that there is a King.' Aki became serious.
'You…' The reasoning didn't convince Reiji. But before Reiji said something, Aki went to Noah.
Aki lay down Noah on the bed. Noah's hands were bruised because of the rope.
"Percuro" Aki tried to heal it.
The bruise couldn't heal fully but the redness vanished.
'I'm sorry I'm still learning.' Aki holds onto Noah's hand.
'The last spell which was orange,what was that?' Reiji wonders about the spell.
'That spell turns any spell into some kind of cage. I can't tell you everything. So don't ask.' Aki smiles.
'Oh! Is that a rule?' Reiji's eyes became big with surprise.
'Yes! I can't record it or note down anywhere. Like never…' Aki said.
Reiji understands the rule regarding Aki's training so he didn't get in depth much. While they were leaving,they saw Mei come here through teleportation. He was out of breath and couldn't get inside the room, 'Why the…hell I...couldn't enter here?!'
Aki was feeling bad for Mei.
Reiji was furious, 'It's all because of this knucklehead!'
Mei couldn't understand, 'What did I do!'
'Handle him as you can. Plant thoughts or erase whatever you want.' Aki was tired. So he said bye. Aki gestures to bade bye. Reiji and Mei were both stupefied hearing that. They looked at each other. Juko and Ginger followed Aki.
'You guys go home and rest. I will be going to my work.ok? Go now!' Aki said to Juko and Ginger.
They left after entering the car so that no one could see. Aki thought for a while what was all that.
'I will drive.' Reiji appeared inside the car.
'Don't.. ever do that again.' Aki was startled to see Reiji suddenly.
Reiji apologises, then Aki gets out and Reiji sits in the driving seat. Soon Aki fell asleep. Even after reaching the office Reiji didn't wake him up.
Reiji kept staring at Aki, "Did he change? He seems different than before."
He wanted to touch his cheek but got startled as Aki grabbed his hand that was about to touch. Aki opened his eyes and looked at him. His eyes were vertically slitten and red.
The surprised look on Reiji made Aki feel guilty, 'I'm sorry, I think I was…'
Reiji's eyes softened, '...a bit sensitive?! It's natural...you will now be more aware.'
Reiji understands that Aki still feels bad for Reiji, ''I guess...I should go..' R - Ya!
Since that day Reiji didn't contact Aki, Aki too was busy, so could only do messages. The relationship between them was getting awkward. Juko and Ginger stay home without insisting. They have become quite close. As Aki was free he went to see Reiji at his clinic without informing him. The assistant was surprised to see Aki. She bowed to him then informed Reiji was inside. Reiji was consulting with a patient. Aki stood there and watched.
The patient didn't seem to be human to Aki. But she was blushing while talking with Reiji. Reiji was looking at his patient from time to time but she didn't move her gaze from Reiji at all. That made Aki very irritated so silently entered the room. Reiji couldn't feel it but the girl started to feel uncomfortable and checked why she was feeling that. She looked past Reiji and her eyes met with Aki's. Aki smiled.
Reiji asked something but she didn't answer so he followed her gaze.
'Aki…You?' Reiji was astounded at Aki's sudden visit.
'Yup it's me. Why are you so surprised?' Aki asked. 'Oh! Just…' Reiji didn't know how to answer.
'Sorry to disturb you. I thought it's time for your break so I came.' Aki acted politely but his words sounded different.
'It's ok! I was about to finish them.' Reiji seemed a bit different.
His complexion was turning pale, 'Today is the last day so it's taking a bit long. Why don't you sit and wait a bit.'
'Sure.' Even though Aki was quite far away and was browsing through bookshelves,she was a bit restless. She couldn't understand why.
Aki's head started to hurt, 'Damn! This sound.'
He sits on Reiji's desk. Reiji turns back to see Aki.
The girl asks, 'May I ask who is that handsome?' Reiji was surprised at the question.
He didn't feel well as she seemed interested in Aki, 'Oh! That's my lover. Whom you wanted to know.'
'Him? A man?' The girl was shocked.
Reiji was not bothered by the girl's astonishing face. Reiji believed love had nothing to do with gender, 'Isn't love a feeling?'
'You prefer boys?' The girl asked again which bothers Reiji now, 'I'm not here to talk about my personal life.Am I? So please refrain from that'
She still was interested, 'But…'
'She is interested in you.' Aki sat on Reiji's desk, while saying, 'Sorry miss, I don't share what is mine.'
Reiji got flustered, 'Aki ! Both of you.. Please! It's a counselling session.'
'Since when did you start treating Jinns inside humans?' Aki asked without hesitation.
For a moment, Reiji looked baffled, 'What are you talking about?'
'You didn't know? Inside her there is something. Look at her, she is uncomfortable because of my presence.' Reiji focused on observing her after hearing Aki but there was no seal on her.
Reiji asked the girl with an angered face, 'Whatever he is saying,is that true?'
"Is this function activating itself whenever I'm near a Jinn, alternative future ! It's gonna end badly if I get irritated." Aki sighs. All of this conversation happened in Aki's vision for the future.
The assistant came to Aki and placed a file on the desk.
'Master, My name is Rin, May I have permission to talk with you for a while.' she said.
As she whispered, Aki knew something was wrong, 'Sure!'
'Master Ruan has been like this whenever she is here. Master Ruan's complexion seems really bad ever since this lady started to come here. Master Ruan is very strong but I think something is wrong with that lady and…' she abruptly stopped explaining.
'And?' Aki encouraged her to finish whatever she was saying.
'The ring is making him feel weak as you are awakening.' she said, lowering her eyes.
'I see! It never crossed my mind. My presence will be troubling for you all,regardless of your rank.' Aki realised the facts. So he apologised.
'No,No! Master Aki, please don't lower yourself to the likes of me.' She felt guilty for telling him everything.
'What are you talking about! I have no idea how your things work in your world, here in mine no to me it doesn't matter. Anyway, what do you think about her? What is she?' Aki pointed at the girl.
'I don't know. She doesn't have a seal.' she said.
'Jinn will never possess a body without an authorised contract, how effective that law is in your world?' Aki asked.
'Pretty much absolute.' She explains the reason as well that if they get stuck in a body they can't seek help from us. That's the end for them. Only disabled humans can be possessed by a Jinn in that law and they can't cause any harm to human kind.
'Then this is a Jinn from a demon clan who fell in love with your Master.' Aki guessed.
'Seriously!' Rin was surprised to see Aki realising that when she couldn't.
'I guess so. You can't sense their presence, that means they are different from you. And Reiji seems to be ignoring her, because she doesn't have any seal.' Aki deducted the possibility.
'Well, who would dare to fight Master?' Rin shrugged her shoulders.
'Not everyone wants to fight Rin. Your Master Ruan is quite a charming one.' Rin blushes hearing that.
'and that's making my blood boil. Rei !' Reiji looked back at him and so did the demon when Aki called him suddenly, 'Can I take this ring off?' Aki showed his ring on his ring finger.
That girl was getting irritated.
'If you...feel like…' Reiji found it awkward.
'Thanks.' Aki seemed irritated when Reiji unbinded the spell and Aki took off the ring.
'May I know who is that handsome?' she asked
Reiji looked at her, 'My…'
'Oh! I'm his lover.' Aki finished Reiji's sentence.
The assistant stood straight beside Aki. She didn't dare to look at him. Reiji wasn't seeing Aki's face but he understood by the tone of his voice that Aki was irritated.
Reiji tried to tackle the situation, 'I'm sorry,But this is a…'
'Counselling session so we should keep it professional.' Reiji was surprised to hear Aki saying what he was thinking, " How did he know what I was about to say!"
The girl was quite irritated but her mind was sending a warning as well,not to fight with that man.
'Oy! Little demon! He is mine! So stop drooling.' Aki's eyes become dominant when he warns her.