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"So," Natsumi-san said gaining everyone’s attention. "What do we do about her?"
She pointed at Tatara who tilted her head confused with her expressionless face not changing one bit. We were on our first mission and we find out that there will be a big attack on VEO by twelve but now ten nobles along with their servants. In short, a small army is about to attack the VEO and they probably don’t know about that.
"Tatara, do you know when this attack will happen?" I asked her and nodded her head.
"Yes Shiba-sama, the attack has been decided to be done tomorrow as the sun sets," she said. "A total of ten nobles and approximately six to seven hundred novices are going to be in this attack. They are really planning on wiping out the headquarters of the VEO in Japan. Also, please call Akira. I am more used to being called that."
"I see," I said, and then my widened. "Wait a minute, why are you calling using "sama"?"
"It is sothing I have been doing for my past life and I cannot change that way of addressing you so please bear with ," she said in a respectful manner bowing down. "Now that you have killed my forr master, you have taken the place of my master."
"Okay…" I said and looked at Ai who was puffing her cheeks.
The fact that they knew that I am in VEO right now can only possibly be known by soone who has been in the VEO. This ans that there is a snitch there and we don’t know who it can be. Just thinking that it is a vampire is just too naïve and stupid so that just broader our options and makes it hard to track down that person.
Then there is also that ten nobles and about seven hundred novices are going to invade the VEO. The number is too big and if we don’t hold up properly, we are done for sure. These many vampires are would probably be enough to wipe out an entire prefecture if not kept under check and they are probably doing sothing similar to keep up their strength for the attack tomorrow.
"Akira, do you have any idea about who the person was that gave you the information?" I asked her and she shook her head.
"I am really sorry but I don’t know that," she said and Natsumi-san patted my shoulder.
"It’s fine, knowing this much is enough," she said and took out her phone and started fiddling on it. "And send…I told Jas about it and before going ho, you are coming to the VEO. It would be better if you would be in the discussion."
"Sure," I and Ai said in unison.
"That also counts you," Natsumi-san said to Akira.
"I will only do anything if Shiba-sama tells to. I won’t be taking orders from anyone else," she said politely in a monotone voice.
"You are coming with us," I said to her and Ai whined. "Also, just use my first na. Hearing Shiba-sama just feels weird to ."
"As you wish Kazuki-sama," she said bowing down and I looked back at Ai who had her cheeks puffed.
"You are mine," she said latching onto my arm.
"I know that," I said and pat her head and we all head back to the worn-down building.
I and Ai quickly changed our clothes with our backs facing each other but not before I unzip her back. Soon, we were back in the clothes we arrived in and were now on our way to the VEO.
Akira kept walking behind and Ai the entire ti. She did not look like soone from here at all but her na is very Japanese. I wonder why that is so but I don’t think that is sothing I should ask or worry about now. The attack on the VEO is sothing that can affect too.
I don’t care much about them because I am just like Jas. Like he is using for his selfish purposes, I am the sa. I still have no idea about a way to save Ai and I am not going to let anyone stop from doing that.
No one.
"And that is how it is," Natsumi-san finished explaining everything to Jas and he sighed and rubbed his forehead. "This one is going to be a lot bigger than before."
"This one?" Ai asked raising her eyebrow.
"We have been attacked so tis before too but that about only five to six nobles but to think that they brought together twelve nobles for this is really worrying," Jas said and let out another sigh. "And here I was hoping to go ho and have so father-daughter ti with my princess."
"You can have that after the father is safe and sound, now find that snitch," Natsumi-san said and Jas nodded. "And put the noble in our team. She will be under our supervision."
"I was already about to do that anyways but are you sure she can be trusted?" Jas asked narrowing his eyes.
Well, his doubts are not baseless honestly. The way that she is willingly helping us or is just going too smoothly. It may be that she is either saying the truth or walking us into a trap but we can’t tell which it is at this point.
But…
"You can trust on that," I said to Jas. "I will make sure she doesn’t do anything like that."
"You are making quite a bold statent, you do know that right?" Jas said and I knew what he ant.
"I know what I am doing so don’t worry but there is sothing I would like you to do for ," I said and handed him a folded piece of paper. He looked at the paper and read the contents and I saw him let out a little chuckle.
"You sure are a lot more interesting than I thought," he said and looked at . "It will be done."
"Okay then, I will be taking my leave. Call if you need anything else," I said and started walking out of the room. Ai hugged my hand tightly and Akira followed obediently.
"Are you sure about this though?" Jas asked right before I was about to take my step out.
"Honestly I am not," I said and turned around facing him with a little smile on my face. "But these are things I have to do nonetheless."
I head out of the room and hopped in the elevator. The entire ti, Ai was holding my arm tightly and glaring at Akira. I an, she is not going to steal from her but I know that from Ai’s personality, her behaving like this is not really a surprise. I might act the sa way if I and Ai changed positions and Akira was a boy. Now that I think about it, she does have a na that can be used for both boys and girls.
"Akira, what are you going to do now?" I asked her.
"I will be following Kazuki-sama from now on till death, that is my duty," she said.
"Whose death?" I said raising my eyebrow.
"Either one of our death and until then, I will be following you diligently," she said.
"You did go against Leo back then which really doesn’t reassure when you say that."
"That is because I had already decided on changing my master. It was already decided that he was going to be killed by your hands so I made you my master," Akira said. "I can tell by looking in a person’s eyes and also seeing the air around him. It tells a lot about soone. For example, your wife has a very possessive and obsessive air around her. She is probably thinking of as a love rival."
Well anyone could have deduced that from seeing how Ai was acting but oh well.
"I see," I said and then it hit . "When where will you be living then?"
"At you pl-"
"Never!" Ai shouted holding my arm tightly and the elevator door opened at that exact mont aning everyone in the reception heard her scream. They all looked at us weirdly and then looked away thinking the wrong things. "You are never going to live at our house!! I have been quiet for all this ti but that doesn’t an I accept you being around my Kazu-kun!"
"Young love," soone said there and I looked around not able to find who it was. I let out a sigh.
"Kazuki-sama, is sothing the matter?" Akira asked and I rubbed my forehead.
"I just want to go ho quickly," I muttered.
"As you wish," she said and as I opened my eyes I was standing before a familiar door. Wait a minute, what?!
"H-how did you…"
"You want to get ho quickly so I quickly warped us there," she said. "It is not actually warping since I just swapped the air around us with the air around your ho and we moved along with that. As you said, I can make a weapon with air but that is not exactly what my ability is. I can manipulate air as I want."
How did I possibly defeat soone with such a broken ability?
"But how did you know this was my ho?" I asked her.
"I am very aware of the air of this prefecture so it is not hard for to track you down," she said.
"Can we go inside already?!" Ai said annoyed and I looked at her as she had a frown on her face. "I want to be alone with Kazu-kun already!!"
Now, what do I do about Akira?
I thought about it a bit. Letting her live with us is not possible since there is only one bed in the house and she won’t be sleeping in that. Ai will definitely not allow that I am not letting her sleep on the floor or the couch. Even if she is a vampire, I can’t let a girl just sleep on the floor or the couch.
"Akira, if possible, can you like rent a place nearby?" I asked her and she thought about it and nodded her head. "Okay then, please do that and I will call you when I need you. Wait, do you have a phone?"
"Those things are really inefficient," she said shaking her head. "Just call out my na and I will be there."
"Okay then, goodnight, I guess," I said and unlocked the door, and entered the apartnt.
The familiar sweet scent hit my nose and I closed my eyes and leaned back on the door but I was grabbed by my collar and pulled. I opened my eyes only to see a green and red orb right before and my lips feeling a soft and cold sensation. I was being aggressively kissed and I did not fight back at all and let it happen.
Ai pushed against the wall and kept kissing and then stopped and dug her teeth in my neck. I wrapped my arms around her and saw her pearl white and slender neck. I don’t know what ca over my but I leaned down and started biting the neck.
Ai’s body shuddered a little due to this but she kept soft sucking my blood as I kept biting her neck. My mind was slowly going blank and one thing overca . I wanted to my teeth to go even deeper down.
"K-Kazu-kun," Ai said as she stopped sucking my blood but I did not let go of her neck.
I held her hands and pushed and pinned her down on the floor with her hands over her head. I looked down at Ai and saw my blood dripping on her face slowly. My breathing was very heavy and I bit my tongue which brought back to my senses.
I did not say anything at all but I felt Ai’s hand on my neck and my bleeding stopped. She had a soft smile on her face and she held my face and brought it down on her soft chest.
"I know what is going on with Kazu-kun," she said softly and my eyes widened. "You are acting like a vampire aren’t you?"
"What are you talking about?" I feigned ignorance in the hope that she thinks she misjudged sothing.
"I there is even the slightest change in your mood, I can easily tell that," she said and started stroking my hair. "That mark you gave was also because of that, wasn’t it? That is why I said that I am your wife now."
My eyes widened at the realization of the fact.
"So you knew the first ti it happened to ?" I said.
This is why Ai was so adamant about it. I was acting like a vampire back then even if I was a human and marked her in that form. Ai knew it and that is why she said that. She knew about this fact.
At least she doesn’t know everything.
"Your questions also said the sa," she said and kept stroking my hair. "Even if Kazu-kun were to turn into a vampire, I will do everything for him. Even give him all my blood."
I wrapped my arms around Ai’s waist and hugged her tighter.
"I am sorry, for hiding this from you," I muttered.
"I am not angry," Ai said. "I can never be angry at you, you are just so precious and perfect that I can’t be angry at you even if I try."
"Your body feels nice to hug," I said and Ai giggled.
"I am very huggable you know," she said and started playing with my hair. "I am all for you to hug and kiss as much as you want. I love you Kazu-kun."
"I love you Ai."
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