Rainn wakes up the next day when he hears a voice from Tut. The news that Tut brought was so shocking that Rainn woke up immediately.
'I think it's time for me to go.'
Rainn blinked his eyes repeatedly hearing that word. He was currently on his back and staring at the ceiling of his dull basement apartment.
"Why?"
'You have understood everything now. There's no reason for me to stay here anymore.'
Rainn suddenly felt a sting of sadness in his heart. This was the first time in his life Rainn felt company. He didn't realize it until the time he had was up.
Rainn sat up and exhaled, "Can't you just stay?"
'Rainn, I know how you feel. But I'm not a creature that can stay and go as I please. I am obliged to follow orders.'
Rainn felt his eyes begin to watery. But he brushed it right away. Why are his eyes watering all of a sudden? Why was he suddenly so emotional after all this time he only felt anger?
"Well, I guess it can't be helped then."
'Yes, it can't be helped.'
"Can we meet again later?"
'Maybe. No one knows. At least, between the two of us.'
"Are you sure that I can understand all this?"
'You have understood the basis of Systema's power. The rest, you can handle yourself. I know that, so I can decide to go.'
A long sigh escaped Rainn's mouth again, "I don't think I'm allowed to have friends in life."
'... You consider me a friend?'
"Yes. You live inside my head, know all that's on my mind." Rainn answered simply.
'Thank you. But still...'
"Yeah yeah." Rainn cut in. "Just do what you wanna do."
'Alright then, farewell.'
"Wait, one more question."
'What is it?'
"Why is your name Tut?"
'It's an acronym.'
"Short for what?"
'Tutorial. It is not my real name.'
~~~
Rainn came out of the basement apartment with some money he received from House Saniar. His current amazing economic state didn't seem so pleasant because of Tut's departure.
But, Rainn was used to this. So Rainn has reached a stage where his bad mood will not affect his daily activities.
While riding a metro train and daydreaming about what he's going to buy with his money, Rainn finally realizes that he doesn't know what he really wants. So far, he only has a minimal amount of money for his daily meals to live from day today.
With that in mind, Rainn decided that he would buy as much good food as possible.
The news that House Saniar had found the murderer of the head of their family spread quickly. Just yesterday Rainn submitted the evidence, now television broadcasts everywhere have spread the news about it.
What was a little surprising was the news about the Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Royal not being able to do their job. Rainn only snorted with a smirk when he watch that news on the station's flat-screen television.
Arriving at school Rainn did not think there would be anything special here. Apart from the fact that he no longer saw the bullies who used to intercept him as a target after going through the gate. Looks like they've had enough. Or they still haven't returned from treatment. Either way, Rainn was ready to wait if they decided to come again.
"You know, Tia's been missing since last night." Whispered a female student walking in front of Rainn to her friend.
'Tia? Isn't that the Vampire's name? Is she a student of this school?' Rain thought. He looked down so as not to attract attention while trying to eavesdrop.
"Have you contacted her parents?" asked the second female student.
"Tia lives alone," said the first female student, sadly.
'Don't be sad. She is sucking blood for a living. She won't starve like me,' Rainn thought, a little ironic.
"Then we should just visit her house later." The second student suggested.
"Hm, yeah. I think we should go there."
Then they turned the other way. Rainn continued to walk straight towards the corridor to his classroom.
He didn't realize that the Vampire had disguised herself as a student at her school. That explains why she knew about him.
The Shadowface organization had infiltrated deeper than he thought. And that's bad because it seems like only Rainn knows about all this.
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"You skipped the club yesterday." Amia was suddenly at his classroom door when Rainn came out after the bell rang. She folded her arms across her chest and glared at Rainn angrily.
Rainn sighed lazily, "Sorry, I had important business to do yesterday."
Amia stared at Rainn for a few moments. Rainn returned her gaze. There was a different thought conveyed through Rainn's gaze, the thought of whether Amia was a supernatural creature in disguise. She had met a Vampire as a child and Rainn couldn't use the skill to check on her.
"Well, now you're not busy, are you?" Amia asked, looking resigned.
"No."
"Follow me to the club room." Amia turned and walked ahead of Rainn.
Rainn followed her. After all, now there was nothing for him to do. No Daily Quests, or Main Quests. Rainn was a bit confused as well because "Daily Quest" was supposed to be something that appeared "Daily". However, it doesn't look like that. Is it because of Tut's departure or what? Rainn doesn't know.
As soon as they entered the room, it turned out that Vyra and Nicois were already there. They were so diligent that Rainn was surprised.
Rainn sat in the chair he had been in before because the position of the chair had not changed at all.
"Today we're going to celebrate something," Amia began. "Vyra has made her guild, Yeeeah!"
Then Amia clapped her hands, followed by Nicois. Rainn felt that he should join in the applause too even though he wasn't celebrating too much.
"Thank you," said Vyra with a smile.
It's very obvious that Vyra is really happy because she has formed her new guild. Rainn just clapped his hands with a straight face. Although there was a slight feeling of disappointment in his heart because he can't join her guild.
"Because of that, we'll be doing our first club activity with Vyra's guild," Amia continued.
Rainn frowned, "What does it mean?"
Amia looked at Rainn with a meaningful look and a mysterious smile.
"We will go hunting together," replied Amia.
Rainn had had a bad feeling ever since Amia had looked at him earlier. But he didn't expect that things would turn out this bad.
"Are you crazy?" Rainn asked, lost in thought.
Vyra replied, "Don't worry. We're not going anywhere dangerous."
Rainn glanced at Vyra, "If we're talking about a vacation, I won't object. But Amia said that she wanted to go hunting. I suppose she meant hunting supernatural creatures."
"Of course," Vyra answered with a confident smile.
"Then have you gone mad too?" Rainn said. "Unless you already have a strong guild member."
"My guild still only has one member," Vyra replied.
Rainn shook his head, "I don't know why you can seem so relaxed like it's no big deal. The last time I remember, you were born into a supernatural hunter family. So, you should be the one who knows more about the dangers of involving civilians in the hunt."
"I told you this hunt wouldn't be dangerous." Vyra still sticks with the reason. "Anyway, the two of us will be coming along so there's nothing to worry about."
"Huh?" Rainn looked at Vyra with a frown. "When did I say I wanted to come?"
Vyra stood up from the chair and walked towards Rainn. Then she whispered in his ear.
"If you don't want to come, I'll tell my dad that you come to our home when he's not around."
Rainn's eyes widened at that words. He looked at Vyra who was smiling triumphantly.
He didn't think that Vyra could turn out to be a despicable human like this. In this case, there is no other choice but to be willing. Rainn didn't want to be beaten up by Zarone again. And of course, Zarone will just be believing what his daughter said than a stranger he had just met.
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