"Tell me Mieko...what would you do if you were invited to a girl's house whom you just met?"
"huh..I don't think I will ever be invited to a girl's house in the first place.."
It had been three days since that incident. I did not tell Sillia about my encounter with Yuki. She was looking quite worried over a couple of days, so much that she finally decided to take a break and went off somewhere.
With this I was left alone at home and to overcome my loneliness, i called Mieko over.
I look at my Line contacts.
Yuki (inline chat): 'Hey Ren I hope you are free this Saturday, if so then I would like you to come over to my house for your promise.'
She even gave me her address...
Unintentionally, I gave a smile.
"R- ren that's scary"
"Oh sorry my bad"
"By the way what have you been drawing on your sketchpad since the last few hours?"
"Oh, this? it's the storyboard for my next manga"
"Manga? you draw manga!??"
Ever since I came to Japan, my fascination for sweets and other foodstuff has increased, however, the one thing which I like the most here is.. MANGA.
Shoujo, Shounen, every genre.
I like it.
"Y- yes I have also published a few of my works"
"Tell me the name, I'll read them"
"Oh, then one of my recent ones was 'Hana to kokoro', "
"I see I'll give it a rea-...eh wait ' Hana to kokoro'???"
I stand up and pulling a bag out of my spatial storage and a manga out of it.
"W- wa-"
Mieko was surprised by my sudden enthusiasm.
I shove the book in front of Mieko's eyes.
"THIS ONE!!!!????? You are Takagi sensei???"
"ah y-yeah that's actually my psuedo name as a mangaka"
"That's awesoommeee"
"T- Thanks"
"I have bought all of the volumes (with the money I created by magic) I loved all of them"
Mieko blushed slightly at the compliment.
"I'm glad you liked them," he said while giving a broad smile.
A few days passed uneventfully, and Saturday drew closer than ever.
However, on the morning of Friday, I received another message from Yuki.
'Would you mind coming today for our deal? It seems like I will be busy on the weekends'
This was sudden and quite unexpected. Since I did not have much work to do, I decided to go.
'ok will be coming there in a few minutes.
I had already mapped the entire area and knew where the address lead to. I teleported on a lawn in front of a huge bungalow.
Was this her house?
As I started to walk towards the front door, I saw the glistening silvery-white hair on the second floor by an open window.
Without thinking I teleported into that room.
"That was fast." was Yuki's reply as I appeared in front of her.
"I would never let a woman wait on my account."
"haha what's with the cliche lines "
she laughed
was it just my imagination or does she seem a bit... sad?
"Well now that I'm here do you want to learn the trick I used that day?"
"That was what I wanted at first yet but.."
"but?"
Yuki stretched her palm out and gave me a push.
I fell backward on a soft surface which was a bed.
Yuki was still in her nightwear which was pretty revealing. She pounced on me aggressively.
"What I need the most is YOU...only YOU can relieve me of my troubles"
She unzipped my pants and kissed me on the lips passionately.
Before I could say anything, a voice came from the doorway.
"Ojou Sama, Risfield sama had come to visit you and is waiting downstairs."
Slowly, Yuki got up and straightened herself.
"...I'll come in a few minutes."
I could feel it... the aura of resentment and sadness.
She turned towards me.
"....I'm sorry Ren...I made you see something unsightly....please forget about what happened today...."
"You shouldn't bottle up your emotions like that you know," I said
"Nothing I do can change my fate can it..instead it will cause only more trouble to others."
"...." I did not say anything
"Please teleport back from this room towards your residence so that nobody else sees you"
By nobody else, she must have meant this 'Risfield' guy.
I nodded silently and Teleported out.
She gave a dry smile as I teleported.
".....I hope I get to be yours in my next life"
Heh, do you think I will just go away so easily especially when someone is suffering right in front of my eyes?
" Inritium "
I faked teleportation and hid my body and presence using inritium.
Let's see who this Risfield guy is now.
Yuki got changed into proper clothes and went downstairs to the living room where a long-haired arrogant looking guy was sitting with one leg over the other.
"Took you a lot of time to come down here" He demanded
"You ought to have known by now that I take a lot of time to change..or are you suspecting that I was with someone else," Yuki said sharply.
He stood up and thrust a bouquet of roses in her hands.
"Whatever you do won't change the fact that you are mine" he put his finger on her lip.
Yuki brushed it away.
"Do whatever you want you can't change your fate Yuki....tomorrow is our marriage and you will be mine forever" He said as he was going out
I get a simple gist of the situation but still, it is not enough information for me. wait the maid who called Yuki...she should know the complete situation.
I mapped the area with my alsight and locate her in a room in the basement. Teleporting there, I find myself in the kitchen. The maid san was preparing something which looked like sweets. I went close to her and cast a soundproofing barrier in the room.
"Excuse me maid san I would like your help for a bit," I said, deactivating | inritium | .
She was completely stupified and dropped the knife which was in her hand.
"WHO HOW WHAT?"
"Ah wait I don't mean any harm I'm just here to ask a few questions."
She steadied herself
"Aren't you the guy Yuki Sama was pouncing on...Ren san?"
"Yes I am"
As if remembering something, she smiled.
"So what do you want to ask Ren san?"
"Can you tell me about Yuki and Risfield"
Her smile was immediately replaced by a worried look.
"Okay.... I guess it is only natural that you would ask about him."
She took a deep breath and started.
"Ojou sama has been engaged to Risfield Sama...against her will"
"What do you mean?...who could even do that to her?"
"Her father....he did this to ascertain that this world would not be threatened by Risfield sama"
"Threatened?"
"Being the personal as well as head maid, I heard many things...however I can't share them with you...not until you vow to protect Yuki sama no matter what the cost...I don't even know whether you can do that when even Yuki herself cannot fight against it..."
This was the first time she address Yuki without 'Sama'...
"As I thought you are quite close to her aren't you?"
"Yes, I have been with her for a long time...she was the only person who treated me friendly and even helped me a lot....so naturally I'm worried about her....it saddens me that I can't do anything to help her out of her misery"
"I understand....well then...I vow upon the name of Aorte....I will protect Yuki no matter what the cost...."
She gave me a meek smile.
"I think I will trust you..."
She told me everything about how Risfield approached Mr. Tatsu about Yuki, what was more shocking was that Risfield was said to be one of the descendants of the Primordial demon Asghar.
The Primordial demons were the old demon lords who set the foundation for the Mazoku kingdoms...there are many mazoku kingdoms scattered across dimensions. Asghar was the ruler of one such kingdom. I know about him naturally. However, I did not expect to meet a Primordial descendant so soon.
Risfield is said to have such strength that he could overwhelm Yuki and Tatsu at the same time.
If that is true then he indeed might be a Primordial descendant.
After I listened to everything Maid-san told me, what was to be done was decided in my head immediately.
"Thanks for trusting me with this information maid san"
"It's Hime...My name is Nakamura Hime...you can decide what you want to call me though.
"Hime san then....thanks again...we'll meet again sooner than you expect"
Saying that I lifted the sound barrier and teleported.
Hime looked at the ceiling and whispered.
".....you must have seen something in him right Yuki....after all, he is the first friend you brought home....."