Shortly thereafter, his figure vanished as he rushed in the Anomaly's way, leaving behind after images.
In the next moment, the Anomaly abruptly fell to the ground with its knee first following his torso. Before his body completely collapsed, a fountain of blood was coming out of its neck.
Focusing attention on Narukami, there was a dangling head in his right hand. One can see a thick, purple liquid was dripping continuously from it.
Narukami turned his head to the motionless, headless body before finally shifting his line of sight to Furasa who fainted a few inches away.
Narukami sensed that her life energy became weaker and as he was about to kill her, something slipped in his mind and so, after contemplating for a short pause, he decided to let her live.
He tossed the head to the guy as though it was a ball. It rolled with a bounce on the ground before finally stopping in front of him. Narukami walked to Furasa and stopped.
"That'll be enough to promote your rank and give you enough bucks for a few months. Assume this as an apology for trying to kill your captain."
A brigade type Anomaly was different from ordinary ones. Their body would not disintegrate as though gain a physical property.
Narukami then placed his right hand above Furasa's dying body.
As if the ground was corrupted by darkness, black shadow expanded as Narukami was the source. It engulfed Furasa in one breath. Her body became black like bathed in ink.
Finishing its job, the shadow gradually descended into the ground along with Furasa, dragging her.
The guy stood motionlessly as his captain was devoured by a shadow and slowly went into the soil.
"Don't worry, she'll be okay. I apologize for my act as it was quite rash and hasty," he apologized solemnly. Admitting one's mistake was no easy matter.
Vampires were prideful beings. They often didn't do things that would damage their pride. As such, they became arrogant and acted as though the world revolved around them.
Thankfully, because of his five past lives. It helped him not to end up in this state.
Being prideful only gained you nothing but certain doom.
"You'll not kill her?" He was delighted and sighed with relief. Although he heard clearly that his captain killed his friends, he didn't believe it because of the lack of proof.
"Her actions were indeed malevolent. Taming an Anomaly by using a sacred incantation of her family and killing her squad members.
"Naturally, this calls for punishment. However, I realized that there's something more than meets the eye." Narukami replied as he watched Furasa's figure finally devoured by his shadow. Entering a shadow space that only he could access. Quickly afterward, the shadow shrunk considerably.
"Senior, why do you keep saying that she actually did that? You have no proof." The guy gathered his courage to ask that. It was not a trifling thing to do.
"As I said earlier, I have no interest in your beings' doing of things. Rules and laws alike are easy to bend. People will usually take advantage of that and you have to play smart
"It is interesting yet I found it bothersome. I simply want to live in peace and balance the city as much as possible.
"Of course, if you humans still want to come at me to get this girl. I welcome you with open arms. Though, I won't guarantee you to return in one piece." Narukami warned the guy gently.
The guy was at a loss for words. The child had no intention to follow the rules and seemed to be didn't afraid of what may come.
Perhaps he was confident with his powers? Probably.
Additionally, he kept saying 'you humans' which led the guy to think that this boy was something else in the body of a human boy.
After a few breaths of silence.
"What are you?" The guy asked as he frowned.
"Call me Sixth, if you may."
"Sixth? Are you one of the Seven Child?"
"Who knows."
Narukami he shrugged his shoulders in a carefree manner before his figure was engulfed by his shadow. The latter looked like a flower petal that was closing.
Soon enough, after those big petals covered him. He vanished into the thin air. Leaving small black petals swayed about. Like sakura leaves falling.
Narukami's words echoed in the guy's mind. It made him wary and curious about Narukami's identity.
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After that, Narukami appeared in the darkness of the alleyway, away from the vicinity. He then met with Aya who was talking with one of the officers.
Before he approached her, he shifted his body to his original shape.
Realizing someone approached Aya, the officer gave her a nod before walking away, leaving the two of them.
"My liege, just what's going on?"
"My liege?..." Narukami's mouth twitched as he found the way she called him both sarcastic and ridiculous.
In one of his past lives. He once became a demon king so hearing it now, after thousands of years, was incredibly strange.
Who do you call liege, you damn woman! He thought to himself as he flicked his fingers, hitting Aya's forehead.
"Ouch!"
She covered her forehead and before she can rub it to ease the pain. The latter faded away.
Narukami let out a long, tiring sigh, "I'm not in a mood to joke around. I'll explain it to you later. Let's go."
Without waiting for her reply, he walked to their destination and Aya followed his back.
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A few moments later, they arrived at a cafe. From outside, the cafe emitted a warm, yellow light, making one feel extremely calm and slightly nostalgic.
The door was made from wood and has small gaps of different shapes on top as its decoration. For instance, heart-shaped, eclipse, and rhombus.
Through the glass window and the small gaps of the door on the sides, the light kind of illuminated the street.
If not for the fact the light street turned on, the cafe would illuminate it. Which made the cafe more stand out and noticeable.
By the side of the door, there was a lamp focusing its light beam on a small blackboard that was written today's special and offer.
[Today's special! Vegan Parfait!]
They were written in cafe font. Quite impressive they did so by hand. On the bottom, right edge. There were two small paws.
One would notice this after closely observing it.
Both of them pushed the door as they entered it and the inside was quite big. Could fit a hundred people.
The interior was modern and classic. Wooden chairs with soft cushions, long or small tables for customers who came here with few people or not.
They were soon approached by a waiter. Narukami and Aya's attention was so focused on the interior that they didn't realize someone approached them.
"Customer, excuse me, customer?" The waiter said to make sure of his existence.
Those words diverted their attention to the waiter. After they did that, what they saw was a big, white fur creature.
They slowly lifted their heads and met its eyes. Completely black like those eyes in a doll.
Aya hid behind Narukami and Narukami unnoticeably gasped.
'A bear…' he mumbled to himself.
He didn't expect a bear to run a cafe.
Right after this, two girls approached the exit as they waved their hands and said thank you before leaving. They didn't seem to be afraid.
Maybe in other customers' eyes, the bear was an ordinary waiter yet why could he saw its original form? A thought appeared in Narukami's mind
The bear then responded them with a bow. Next, it looked at Narukami with a calm expression.
"Customer, are you perhaps a Sorcerer?" The bear asked as it caught Narukami's mumble. Its tone was polite and his pronunciation was pretty good for a bear.
After hearing the bear's words, Narukami quickly understood what was going on.
Narukami nodded, "what are you? I have never seen an animal talk before, let alone running a cafe."