An orange thread was strangling her throat and the end of that thread was in my hand. It was burning her throat. I slowly remembered everything I had done. I attacked Risa when she was talking with Reiji. Her lies were irritating me so much. But my action was a breach of their laws. Thank God I didn't harm much. It's just like when I was in high school. It's dangerous if I lose my control like this. Everyone was surprised.
"I'm sorry Risa! I hurt you when it's not even you." I apologized in my mind.
'Aki! Let go.' Ryuji was trying to handle the situation but I was making it worse. At that moment I was sure she was not feeling anything but she would pretend that it was hurting.
Risa did just as I predicted, 'Yes… please…'
I whispered in her ear, 'I know you are not Risa…I don't know who you are yet, but I feel like I have to find out who you are.'
The soul left Risa's body. Risa's body fell to the ground. I made her float. She was very light.
Lin Ryo was getting back from the outside so he chased after it.
Reiji was shocked, 'It's not Risa!'
'It used her as a vessel?!' Ryuji was shocked as well.
'Tell me how that is possible.' I demanded to know.
'It's black magic.' Reiji answered.
I know that but why would a jinn possess a jinn? The answer I got was that, for many reasons, for their selfish reasons, this is why every jinn needs to protect its body too. It's a Forbidden practice.
Phillip came forward, 'Pardon my intrusion, Lord, Masters…'
'It's ok...say..what is your observation?' Ryuji asks.
'The Randy clan was informed that a half-blood had forcefully taken three heirs from their tribe. Among them, one is the Randy Clan head. The other two informed their family that they will continue following Dein. They told them Risa escaped from the scene leaving them alone. After that Master Aki took them home.' Phillip looked at me so I explained, 'They didn't want to go back. They kept following me. I had nothing to do. I gave one of them to my dad and one to Nora.'
Reiji frowns, 'They are in safe hands so why are they reacting like that.'
'Aki, Half-human is not welcomed in tribes too and you are from a Pure-blood clan who can rule a tribe. This is an unimaginable threat to them and severe. So try to treat them well so that they can't find any flaw.' Ryuji was instructing me instead of blaming me.
'Whoever had possessed this body was targeting Master Aki. Do you have any idea who?' Phillip seemed sure.
'I don't.' I literally had no idea.
Lin went to the Randy clan to clear the misunderstanding. Reiji stood beside me. I breathed out my mind and closed my eyes. Rei pecks my cheek suddenly.
'Oy!' I was beyond shocked at his action.
Reiji began to tease me, 'Are you shy? Last night you troubled me too much.'
'I shouldn't have shown pity on you last night. Next time…' I was at a loss for words.
'Next time I will be the one to devour you.' He put his arm over my shoulder trying to bite me but I moved away.
'You can't. You saw me, how strong I was.' I felt relieved at his jokes.
'You…' Reiji didn't take it lightly.
'Let's fight then. Whoever wins…' Before I was finished, a smoke-like figure appeared with a crystal ball.
I have seen this figure in my office, 'So it wasn't my hallucination back then.'
'No.' Reiji's expression changed after reading the message.
His eyes were glowing and they were furious.
He was about to leave when I stopped him, 'What's wrong?'
He didn't answer. But his eyes were red with slits.
'Let go.' He became really different and the air was heavy and suffocating.
I unconsciously removed my hand from Reiji's. He vanished.
Lin Ryuji not finding Reiji came to me, 'Where did he go?'
'I don't know.' My head became heavy again.
The Randy clan head came towards me and greeted me with a slight bowing, 'We had misunderstood the situation. As Dein has explained it all, I understood everything.'
'It's alright. You were misinformed.' I tried to be understanding.
Reiji's expression was bugging me too much. He never showed his anger to me. Maybe that's why I felt disappointed when he did it.
The clan leaves taking permission from Lin Ryuji.
Ryuji signs Phillip to escort them outside.
After the clan left Risa's body was kept inside the castle.
'Aki, you need to go to Ruan castle.' Lin Ryuji sounded different.
'But Rei…' As I came with Reiji, I didn't want to leave without him.
'It won't be a problem. Joshua will take you there.' Ryuji
I went to Rei's room and took my belongings. I didn't know why I was feeling like I would never see them again. I left my watch on the bed intentionally.
Joshua popped in to check on me as I was taking time, 'Are you ready?'
'Ya.' I was done so I looked back for a last glance.
He took me to the Ruan castle. I was distracted so I stumbled after arriving there. Joshua holds me tight so that I don't fall, 'Are you ok?'
'Ya!' I was clouded by many thoughts.
Ginger flew over there where we were supposed to enter. It looked like a normal house, a normal village.
'It's an illusion to the outside world.' Joshua read my mind.
I can see what he meant. The door that we came in with, disappeared. The house became a large space like Lin castle.
The architecture is the same as Lin castle. Ground floor too. The Seigneur's floor is on the top with two sides.
Joshua explains, 'Right one is for our grandparents and the left is for my mother's uncle. Unlike my father, our mother has two more siblings, one is dead and they can't continue the Ruan lineage. They will only stay by their mother's side with only their name. So the Lord's floor is divided into two, while our floor is into three. Mei insisted on having the upper floor, so the younger ones stayed there. You will too if you want. Do you want to stay in Rei's?'
'No…I guess.' I have no reason to share the room with Rei yet.
'What happened?' Joshua felt something different going on in my mind. When he saw me say nothing, he said, 'Do I need to read you?'
'No! Please.' My mind was a total mess.
'Sorry, I can't help it. I already know everything about you.' Joshua said.
Whatever Joshua was saying didn't make any sense to me.
'I'm much like my mother.' Joshua waited for me to catch up.
'You can control minds?' I wasn't sure exactly what was the similarity between them.
'Not that, only can read. Mom is on a high level.' Joshua smiles.
'How much…do you know?' I suddenly felt a shiver go down my spine.
'You mean your friend Mei?' I never imagined they knew about Mei.
They never mention it. Strange, I didn't feel any fear or insecurity even after my secret was revealed.
'Don't worry, I know what happened.' Joshua assured me.
The moment we stepped on the Seigneur's floor, a loud sound interrupted us. Joshua went to the left portion. I followed him too. Ruan Erza was written on the door and it was closed.
Seeing Joshua's eyes glow, I asked, 'What happened?'
'Nothing. Everything is ok…'
The door opened by itself before Joshua was finished and some books were getting out from there by themselves floating and travelling towards me. At that moment, I felt deja vu.