The moment I saw her appear out of the circular teleportation gate, I had the urge to go and hug her and I did just that, I was able to finally see that she was okay and my unsettled heart become at ease once more .
She didn't seem bothered much by my actions and instead she hugged me back tightly and whispered in my ears that she had missed me .
" I had missed you more, I tried to reach you all day, but you had forgotten your phone in the office, I guess you are still the troublemaker princess that I'm familiar with, who will do something so ridiculous at this age .
Sorry, sorry, but you didn't need to bring up my past, y'know .
She finished saying this and broke the hug and twisted my ear with her hand, I acted as if I was grimacing in pain and she seemed to be gloating at this, so I let her have her fun, she then continued to say :
And it isn't like there would have been a point in taking it with me, the area we went too was like being cut of the rest in the world, Satana can have that effect on area, but it seemed that Horned Boa won't be an easy opponent, I hope you will be more cautious .
At hearing her say this, I couldn't help but feel some warmth inside me, I wanted to hug her again, but she stopped me and said :
I will be using your bathroom, I needed to cross a huge area to reach the location where that boa was last seen, my clothes and even my whole body is filled with sand and I'm no longer able to bear it .
I nodded at her and asked if she wanted to borrow any of my clothes, but she just flickered her hands and a burst of Mana appeared from her hands as she walked away, I don't know what to feel about being able to do almost everything by using Dark Arts, magic can make life become a lot easier, but that luxury come at the cost of not being able to enjoy some things in life .
Just as entered the bathroom, she opened the door again and with a sultry smile she said hiding behind the bath door :
You seemed a bit dusty yourself, want to join me ? .
That girl was courageous as ever, at her invitation, I almost said yes, but soon calmed myself down, thinking that I might not be able to handle something like this happening, so I said that she should go first .
What a letdown, I wanted to talk to you for a bit, how annoying ? .
" We can still talk, I will be sitting right outside the bathroom .
You shouldn't sneak a peek after refusing to join me, okay, I'm warning you .
I nodded my head and thought about how I had missed one hella of an opportunity, but I felt that it was the right thing to do, we were married for a day in our past lives, but in this life we were still have not connected with each other to that degree, I was just scared of the consequences that came with rushing those kind of things .
After a few minutes passed, I heard her turning on the water and her saying :
I thought that you would be staying over at the mansion, but guess my bet about you not being there paid off, did something happen between you and your Mom ? .
" Nothing happened, but you should have told me about this, I was so shocked when she brought that subject up .
I was surprised when she asked me for a favor, but weirdly she said that she wanted you to be able to live in the mansion as well and that you are welcoming of the idea, but that you were too shy to ask, so did instead and I didn't much a problem with this arrangement, so I allowed it, what, from your tone, you didn't seem as welcoming or as enthusiastic as she had described you would be ? .
Hearing her say all this, I almost head-butted the wall I was leaning on, it wasn't a problem my back, I didn't expect my Mom to go behind my back and call the headmistress for this, not to mention her using me as an excuse, I couldn't help but feel a bit tired from all the troubles, my mother keep sending my way .
" It wasn't like I didn't like this arrangement, but as I told you before, there were enough rumours circling around me already, I didn't want to be seen going to your house daily, or else it might bring you more troubles and in no way I was going to do this to you, you who already have your own disagreements with the chairman .
The voice inside the shower stopped for a few seconds, then a soft chuckle escaped her mouth, I wasn't able to tell whether was she just happy about what I said or was she just teasing me, either way, I waited for her response .
How considerate of you, you really should have not refused to refuse joining me, I would very much want to hug you tightly now .
" I'm thankful that I wasn't there with you then, I might not be able to control myself from hugging you even more tightly, but putting that aside, I wanted to ask about how the current things between you and that chairman going ? .
You really shouldn't have mentioned that spoiled guy, the ideas and visions of that guy are just disgusting to the extreme, the last clash between us was on him wanting me to follow the steps of the previous headmaster and add more combat courses at the cost of educational ones, saying that math and geography won't help the students of this school to battle those monsters .
Auugh, just thinking about his smug face when he said this anger me, so we should really drop it, unless you wanted to sore the mood we are currently having .
" It's not my intention, but I'm just trying to hear you out and maybe offer a helping hand, want me to go and teach him a good lesson, I'm capable of doing that, just say the word .
No, I don't want you to get involved in this, you might lose more than you gain if you really were to do this, for an example you might end up upsetting Urushibara, her brother was the chairman after all, the Urushibara Family behind him was also quite the Influential family , no gain will come from stirring that kind of families, so let's just forget about it .
" Since it have something to do with the Urushibara Family, then I might be able ask Shizuno if she can help out in this kind of situation, want me to ask her for help ? .
You mustn't .
At my question, I saw her yelling at me like this as she directly got out of the bathroom still seemed to have not given herself even some time to dry her hair, her face too was glistening because of the water, seeing her like this, I felt infatuated with her and felt like my eyes were unconsciously closed as we melted into each other's embrace .
When I opened my eyes was when our bodies were separated and our kissing session ended, she seemed to be still provoking me for more, but I once again tried to be the scene person and calmed those weird urges that I was beginning to feel and returned to the topic of conversation at hand .
" Is there a reason that might prevent her from helping or something ? .
At my question, she too seemed to have woken up from her weird state as she nodded her head with a smile, she was no longer blushing at this sort of contact between us, seeing her expression, I couldn't help but think about what would my other girlfriend think if she knew about any of what was going on here .
But I was certain that even though she wouldn't mind, I don't believe that she would just accept it easily, thinking like that, I was reminded of another predicament that I needed to discuss with the girl in front of me, just imagining how I should bring that up was already enough to get me a big headache .
As I was thinking this, she said :
Well, the Urushibara Family have decided that it would be her brother responsibility to be the chairman of the school and the one responsible for most of the family business, she really didn't have much ability to be of help .
" Why are you saying that, she should be able to at least dissuade her brother a little if she were to talk with him about it, I don't believe that this guy would just refuse listening to her plea, would he ? .
At my inquiry, she decided to answer me with the only answer that I didn't like one bit, she remained silent, but that was in itself an answer, if he really wasn't that caring brother that I had imagined, it made matters even more worse than I believed it was with that girl .
Forgetting the current predicament about asking her for help, that girl might be in a situation where she needed someone to help her out, I imagined that since her brother was tasked by his grandpa to keep her safe, the guy would put her interest in his top priority, but that from Regina response didn't seem the case at all .
My face was a bit unsightly and the mood indeed become sore exactly as she said, but I couldn't just ignore something like this, my voice become a bit more sharp and a bit stern as I asked Regina to elaborate, she seemed to be able to understand my troubles as she just sighed and her boisterous smile disappeared and she said :
Well, the Urushibara Family policy didn't think too much nor care too much about holding its members interest in mind, this was a policy that even that big brother of hers needed to understand well .
Above him in position and power was a council consisting of all the elderly people that are still alive and hold much authority, enough to be able to remove those who they wanted to remove, Shizuno's older brother had tasted a bit of what it mean to be on the bad side of that family, for that reason, he will always put the family's interest first before his own sister .
As for Shizuno herself, let's just say that she was glad that there was someone that is still around to take care of her after her grandfather passed away and the problems that she might have already told you about, so you asking her to help might end up being akin to throw her into the wildfire by your own hands, making her come into conflict with the family's interest .
Hearing her say all this, I was reminded of the first day when I met that girl, it was when she was leaving the place with a sore mood and pained expression on her face, I didn't care much at that time, thinking that she had a big brother that might be able to help her more than me, an intruder .
But it seemed that I was terribly wrong with the choice I made, I didn't know that the other guy was so heartless like that, he let a few old guys scare him to the point where he was no longer able to care for his sister, then no wonder that girl had such an icy expression on her face all the time .
It was a mask, one that had become thick over the years and continued to grow colder and stronger as the years went by, untill it had now completely engulfed her and currently there was no longer a way to distinguish between it and her real face and emotions, that girl really had gone through a lot of trouble .
After knowing about all of this, I wasn't sure about what might I do to make it up for her, yes, if that stupid older brother of hers wasn't willing to fight for what she feel that it was best for her, then I as her older brother as well will do my best to guarantee that she can do whatever she want without having a second thought .
I have enough strength to give her that at least, maybe after she got reassured that everything she do from now on won't be supervised or have consequences, she might be able to finally speak her mind without much of a problem, she would be able to seek her own happiness, so who wanted to strip away that right from her, will have to go through me first, even if that older brother of her came to dissuade her as well .
I know that look on your face, you are thinking of doing something that was quite dangerous again ? .
Just as I was thinking like this, I heard Regina voice behind my ears and thought that it was an illusion or something, but when I came back to my senses, I found that I was staring piercingly forward, staring at empty air, the girl that was just in front of me was now hugging me from behind and whispering those words .
I tilted my head enough to look at her and said :
" What with the again part, I didn't do anything that could be considered dangerous before, but I'm indeed thinking of becoming a good older brother, that should answer your question .
You have never done anything that can be considered as normal, not in our past life nor the current one, you are always doing dangerous things, but I adore that side of you very much, you can be a good brother as you like, but just remember not to create more problems for your younger sister and always remember that you need to come back safely to me, Tokiko and to her as well, your mother I mean .
Hearing how much faith she have in me, I couldn't help but feel a warm feeling again coursing through my veins and It flowed all the way to my heart, but after hearing her last words, I no longer felt anything but nervousness, how should I open that topic with her .
Neither her nor me wanted currently this relationship to see the light, it just wasn't the appropriate time for it to surface yet, but now not only will I be asking her to make it see the light, but there would be an audience to watch everything that was taking place .
What's the matter, your face suddenly become pale ? .
" Um, it did, don't worry it's nothing, it should be just me feeling a bit tired, but now that you mentioned my mom, I find this as good opportunity as any to tell you that she invite you to have a dinner with us tomorrow AS MY GIRLFRIEND ? .