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Chapter 19 - How Can It Not Concern Me?

Both Arashi and Rei finally steps out of the house making them completely alone with each other

After stepping out of the house, Arashi quickly snaps his hands from Rei, making Rei a bit shocked and upset

"U-um… Rei-sama…" Said Arashi putting honorific sign behind Rei name

Rei just stands silent as she looks straight at Arashi

"May I ask where are we going?" Ask Arashi politely

Rei seems a bit shocked by Arashi question that she tilted her head a bit, Afterward, she just let out a sigh due to her dissatisfaction

"Aren't you, my bodyguard?" Ask Rei

Arashi just nodded his head even though he seems a bit confused by the question

"Then you shouldn't question anything that I want to do and just keep me safe."

"You understand!" Said Rei with such an arrogant princess like attitude

Arashi is quite pissed by Rei just ordering him around but he needs to hold it in order for his mission to be succeed

"Y-yes…Rei-sama…" Said Arashi with an awkward smile on his face

Rei then turned around and continued walking outside, Arashi just followed behind to wherever she wanted to go

After walking for a few minutes, Rei stops a bit in front of a bakery store. She didn't go inside the store instead she only looking through the store from outside the window

Arashi just stand behind her with a confused look toward his employee weird action

After a few looks, Rei turned her view from the store and walks away from the store, that action leaves Arashi with a lot of question making him to look curious

"You're not going to enter the store?" Ask Arashi curious

Rei turned her face to look at Arashi

"Why would I enter inside a commoner store?"

"I might get dirty, you know." Said Rei with an arrogant look on her face

That kind of attitude showed by Rei is irritating Arashi but he tried to hold his anger as it might making Rei uncomfortable

"Well, I just thought that you might want to enter the store when you were looking at it from outside the window." Said Arashi with an awkward smile

Rei is taken a back when she heard Arashi said those things that she seems to be gripping her dress

"Hmph-" said Rei pouting

"Hmph?" Arashi resaid the word that came out of Rei mouth just now

Instead of saying more word, Rei just turned over and walked away, Arashi then tried to keep up with her as he saw her walking away

"Can you wait for a bit?" Said Arashi as he tried to keep up with Rei pace

"I don't want to!" Replied Rei making her pace to become more faster

But she was going to fast that she didn't even notice a big guy in front of her and because of that she accidentally bumps into the guy and falls down to the ground

"Ouch…That hurts…" said Rei as she rubs on her back

She then glared toward the guy she just bumped into trying to make him apologize

"Are you blind?! Can't you see me walking?!" Shout Rei toward the guy

But instead of being provoke the guy glared back at Rei with a fiercely look

"Huh? What did you just say little girl?"

The guy look pissed at Rei as she is talking back to him in a loud manner

Rei is a bit taken back when the guy isn't scared and apologizing right away to her that she just grits her teeth

"Who are you calling little girl?!"

"I may look like this but I'm turning 18 this year all right!" Shout Rei toward the fierce looking guy

The guy started to change his expression when he heard Rei said those word

"Heh? I see…You're turning 18 this year huh?"

That kind of expression made by the guy is making Rei a bit uncomfortable, then suddenly the man put his hand over Rei shoulder

"Then, how about this?"

"Let's go and have fun with me and then I'll forgive you for bumping over me…" said the man with a pervert look

Rei started to look scared when the guy starts to talk over her back. This is the first time she experienced this kind of thing as she had only stayed inside her house

(Damn it, why does this kind of things keep happening over to me?) thought Rei inside her head

She starts to tremble as the guy face starts to get close to her

"Are you trembling?" Said the guy laughing

Hearing that is making Rei more terrified as she suddenly remembered of a tragedy that happen to her a long time ago when she was a kid where she got kidnapped due to her coming out of the house without others knowing

At that time, she was really scared as no one were able to come to her rescue until two days after she was let go after the kidnapper got their money from her dad

(Damn it…)

Rei almost sheds a tear when she remembered her past, where no one could come to her rescue and the same tragedy might happen once again

(Someone…Please save me…)

As she wishes and plead for someone to saves her suddenly an image of Arashi came up in her mind

"Eiji…"

As she let out Arashi fake name, out of nowhere the man scream due to pain as his hand is being twisted over by someone

Rei quickly turned her view as soon as she noticed the person who just came to saved her

"Sorry, I'm late…"

"You aren't hurt right Rei-sama?" Ask Arashi concern

Rei is glad to see Arashi had came to the rescue but because of her ego she could just pout over Arashi

"You're late…" said Rei pouting

Arashi is a bit irritated and disappoint to heard that came out of Rei mouth as he was expecting something like "thanks" or "I'm fine" instead

"Wh-who are you?"

Suddenly the man spoken as his hands has been twisted quite a long time by Arashi, Arashi just let go of his arm and push him away from them

"I'm her bodyguard…"

"Now leave!" Said Arashi trying to chase the man away

The man just grits his teeth and grip his fist and leaves the place, Arashi then let out a sigh as he managed to handle the situation without making it any worse

As it would be a problem if a dead person interacts with a living person for any longer or that what he understands from Rikka explanation before

"Hmph, you shouldn't had let him go." Said Rei out of sudden

"Huh?" Arashi turned over to her a bit confused

"That kind of person doesn't deserve to be free"

"He needs to be punished unless he won't learn from his mistakes."

Said Rei arrogantly, Arashi starts to get pissed off by Rei arrogant talk

"Wasn't it your fault for bumping into him?" said Arashi trying to correct Rei

Rei was taken aback when Arashi said those word but she still stands with her ego

"But that guy tried to kidnap me you know!"

"Don't you think that he deserves at least a punishment?" Shout Rei

Arashi starts to look pissed by Rei talking, just then he snaps a bit and shouts back at Rei

"If you just admit that it was your fault, then maybe this kind of things won't happen!"

Arashi shouting shocks Rei a bit as she takes a step back

"Wh-why are you getting mad at me for?!"

"Isn't it all that guy fault?" Rei shouts back at Arashi

Arashi stared down at Rei making her to feel a bit scared over him

"That's right I am mad!"

"In this world there are a lot of bad people!"

"That's why you shouldn't just go and pissed one of them…"

Hearing those words coming from Arashi is making Rei annoyed as she just kept gripping on her dress

"You're annoying you know that!"

Arashi is shock to hear that coming from Rei

"Aren't your job is supposed to protect me!"

"Why are you out here trying to blame me for something I didn't mean to!" Shout Rei more

Hearing that made Arashi a bit guilty as he looks down to the ground

Due to his anger, he just scolded his employee toward her attitude but he also doesn't feel that it was right to just let her being arrogant that he looks up back

"Listen here…"

Said Arashi but Rei didn't listen instead she is turned her face away from seeing Arashi face

"I can't always be here to protect you, alright…"

Arashi let out a sigh

"That's why, if you're going to keep this attitude you might made everyone around you to worry."

Those word said by Arashi kind of making Rei to realizes something.

"This doesn't concern you! You know that!" Said Rei gritting her teeth

"And everyone inside the household hates me you know!"

"There's no way they would be concern about me!"

"I think they would be happy to know that I got into some accident and die!"

"Just like mom…" Shout Rei ranting out everything she been holding in her mind

Arashi then walks closer to her and kneel in front of her while holding her shoulder, Rei was a bit scared by Arashi action but she tried to act tough

"How can it not concern me?"

Rei is shocked to hear that

"I'm your bodyguard, and I won't hate you." Said Arashi with a determined look

Hearing that from Arashi is a shock to Rei as that was the first time someone had scold her and for the first time someone said that they don't hate her

Out of sudden, Rei starts to teared up which is making Arashi to panic wondering that he had did something wrong or not…