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After school Lawrence returned to his abode where Bea was waiting. She already cooked for the dinner and was only waiting for his presence. She doesn't require to eat as a homunculus however Lawrence requested her to partake in such events.
It is now a norm to see both of them eating breakfast and dinner while Lawrence spoke of his experience about school. Bea never really understands it but when she saw the satisfaction contained within Lawrence's eyes, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
"I'm back" Lawrence's voice was heard informing Bea of his arrival. She swiftly went to the front door and took his bag for him, "Welcome back master" she responded to his greeting which he appreciated. "Now, what's for dinner?" He asked taking his blazer off.
Bea took the blazer and hang it up like a dutiful wife. "Curry has been served for the dinner master" she said guiding him to the dining room where bunch of dishes were already laid. She honed her cooking skill to the limit to pleasure her master, and Lawrence liked it.
It might not be on par with foods on 3 star restaurants but the homely feeling that Lawrence felt from it is enough to keep him energized. "Right, I will roam tonight. So you can rest first" Lawrence informed Bea who looked down for a second. "I.. Can I wish to accompany you master?" she asked surprising him.
He stared at her baffled before chuckling. "I wish I could say yes but this concerns the privacy of my friend so sorry, I can't take you with me. Though I had to say, you greatly surprised me there" he said patting her head.
So far, Bea has only accepted his orders and never question it. This is the first time that she requested something like that. He wished to accept it but this is about Shiki. He just can't blow this chance away. It might be the solution to break the wall that she has been using to prevent him from entering further on her life.
"If you have other requests then just ask. I will accept it" he said before started partaking his meal. The two chatted while eating further exploring each other's existence. It didn't took long for them to finish their meals and as Lawrence was about to head out when he suddenly felt something new emerging from his body.
"Huh?" He muttered in confusion wondering what it is, however the truth appeared infront of him when information suddenly surged into his head. The process was simple yet Lawrence can sense the complex of it. After a few second, the information finally subsided making him relax.
Apparently he got a new skill and it was from one of the most dangerous heroes. Though he is disappointed that he didn't get her Superskill and instead took her third. The skill was called Blur. It helps him evade most of the enemies attacks passively while if he activated it, it would make him literally impossible to be seen unless near enemy.
It was a great skill but he has no interest on it. It would make him great evading hits but thats all there to it, he wish for more chaotic skill that can deal pure damage. Because in his mind, Pure damage is equivalent to a Noble Phantasm. It cannot be avoided at all.
"Bea, try attacking me with simple techniques" Lawrence gestured to Bea as she accepted his command. She was programmed to master techniques so that she could protect her master better. Bea dashed towards Lawrence clenching her fist before throwing a simple straight at him.
The force she applied on the punch was enough to knock out a normal person. Lawrence is also aware of that so he braced himself for impact. But to his surprise, his body evaded on his own making her attack miss. She tried kicking him but the result was the same. He flexibly avoided all of her attacks.
"Isn't the Blur suppose to only give 50% evasion ability? How come she can't hit me?" He muttered while his body doing its own thing evading the punches. "Okay that's enough. Thank you" he stopped her from further attacks.
Bea immediately stopped according to his command and just stayed at his side. "How is it master? Are you satisfied?" She asked. "Yes, it could help me with fist fights I guess? I don't really know how it would help me as a magus. I would prefer Grand Magus' skill rather than the assassin one" he said waving his hands.
Lawrence didn't wast anymore of his time and just left the house. He don't have any idea to where he is going but he just trusted his instinct. It eventually lead him to one of a alleyway where he saw a scene that would made a normal person throw up in disgust.
One body could be seen multilated with various parts separated from the main one. One of its eyes were also gouged out showing how cruel the one who did it. Lawrence shook his head and walked towards the body. No, to be precise, he walked towards the bloody person standing beside the body.
He sighed and took a handkerchief before cleaning the blood on her face. "What are you doing here late at night? You also looked messy" he said with reprimanding tone. He talked as if what she is doing is a normal thing. Shiki just stared at the young man seemingly wanting to know his thoughts.
Despite seeing such gruesome scene, he still ignored it and chose to converse with her first. She simply can't understand it, she expected him to be horrifued and be disgusted with her giving her a reason to kill him. How she craved to kill him and dispose his body to somewhere no one will know.
"You know, I really hate you" SHIKI said clenching her knife. She opened a large grin on her face before plunging the knife at Lawrence with high speed. She practiced sword skill all her life so each of her movements were smooth and clear, even the plunge was delicate.
Lawrence was shook first but when the knofe came towards him, his body reacted unnaturally and bended in a way impossible for human reflex. He responded so fast that even SHIKI was stunned by it. Though that didn't last long as she started releasing some of her killing urges towards Lawrence.
She took a calculated step on the side as she expertly move her wrist intending to cut Lawrence's neck only for him to bend his neck like a zombie. She was baffled at first but she is slowly getting used to his insane reflexes.
She even doubted whether humans could do something like that, because in her mind only ghouls, zombies, or vampires could do such thing. SHIKI shook her head shoving the thoughts away from her mind, she need to put 100% of her focus on this battle so that she can finally kill him.
She bent down a bit and swipe her legs on the bottom wanting to make him fall but just like what he usually do, he lightly jumped evading her attack. SHIKI didn't stop and just threw a roundhouse kick aimed at his head which he avoided by cracking his neck to the side.
Now the scene doesn't look horror at all, instead it just looks like two people doing skit from they are moving. It looked nothing but comedic and people would surely be amuse if they saw it.
SHIKI heightened her movements and adjusted to their surroundings, she pressured Lawrence until his back finally reached a wall. He has no way to run but as if the world was laughing at SHIKI, nothing stopped Lawrence from evading her attacks.
He still acted nonchalantly making her miss most of the attacks, in fact nothing hit him from the moment the two initiated a battle. SHIKI was merely throwing attacks that exhaust her while Lawrence is still relaxed. There was no toll on his body as the skill was doing it on its own.
"Sigh, we need to stop now" Lawrence said changing the attributes of his magic orbs. He made it Quas, Quas, and Quas forming a spell that he casted towards SHIKI. The spell was casted so he lightly touched SHIKI making her stun for 0.3 second. She wanted to continue fighting however Lawrence just kept tapping her forcing SHIKI to stop.
The Cold Snap was a spell that stun enemies for a short time everytime they were hit by the hero. Lawrence's tap was already considered a hit do SHIKI suffered from tens of stuns during 5 seconds. Her body finally couldn't take it as it collapsed from exhaustion.
Lawrence catched her body letting it rest on his chest. He shook his head and began cleaning her face taking away the blood. SHIKI slowly subsided being replaced by Shiki. She looked up at Lawrence who just lightly smiled at her.
"Are you back little princess?" He asked smirking at her. Shiki stayed silent ignoring his words as she is more focused on the fact that Lawrence know of her other personality. She should not be surprised as it was not hidden that the Ryougi family deal with dual personalities.
However she can't help but be taken aback by such reveal. "Are you wondering why I know that there is two of you inside.. no, 3 of you?" Lawrence calmly asked with Shiki just staring at him. He know that she is curious about it.
"Did you remember what I said earlier? I know you better than anyone and I take pride in that. SHIKI might hate me but I'll make sure that he will eventually accept me. How about you, do you still hate me?" Lawrence asked staring directly at her VOID like eyes.
Shiki felt unknown emotions trying to enter her mind, she can't comprehend them as it only just entered her existence. She has no idea what it is or what it wanted to do but nonetheless she felt comfort from it. She now decided that she won't push away those emotions.
"Yes.. I really hate you" she responded but now with weak tone making Lawrence smile at her. "That's great. I like you too" he said grinning lightly. The two stayed there for minutes feeling each others heat as the night slowly move.
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