29. New Enemy
For some reason, Ryo was not surprised when he heard Elena's words. Instead, everything made sense in Ryo's mind. He could only guess what was going on behind the scenes.
"It seems you already know who attacked me. Spies?"
"Well, spies are too fancy for rats like them," said Elena as she sat beside him.
Ryo shook his head, "Why me? What do they want from me?"
"Well, why not? You are literally the heir of White Raven, of course, there is always someone or something that wants some slices of you, it happened to my younger self too."
Ryo raised eyebrows, "Really?"
"Even worse, I was preyed on by assassins since I was a mere teen vampire, even I can't count how many I had killed back in the day," said Elena while she yawned and stretched her back, making Ryo couldn't avert his gaze on her plumped chest.
"I thought you were cloned already in adult form," said Ryo as he looked another way.
"Of course not! You dummy!" Elena smacked his head once again and sat cross-legged. "Anyway, if you want to take a gist of who you are dealing with, come to my office tonight."
Ryo grimaced while rubbing the back of his head, then asked Elena, "What's your plan?"
"Just come to my office tonight, at 7.00 P.M. And don't be late, now get back to your class," replied Elena with a curt tone while she opened the exit door.
"Hah! What a girl!" Ryo mumbled as he sighed and let out a mouthful breath.
Ryo looked onto his watch and realized he would be late for his morning classes. Thus, he ran out immediately and dashed out to his room to wash and get changed to his uniform.
At last, Ryo reached his classroom just before the bell rang aloud. Anna, who was a bit worried about him, immediately turned bright and waved her hand to Ryo.
"Glad I'm not late," said Ryo as he sat beside Anna.
"Hey, are you okay?" asked Anna when she saw the bandages on Ryo's arm.
"Well... I got an incident this morning, but I'm okay," Ryo replied with a charming smile.
Beowulf, the bulky and curly-haired boy, approached Ryo as he was quite intrigued by him, "I felt a surge of energy this morning, was that you?"
"Yeah, I mismatched the energy proportion and caused combustion in the end."
"Is that so?" asked Beowulf once more while he scrubbed his chin.
"Yeah," replied Ryo as he tried to match Beowulf's energy with his attacker.
[It's not him, no one in this class was your attacker either] said Kuryu.
Ryo let out a relieved sigh, 'At least I can relax for a while,' he murmured to himself while he scanned the others.
Thus, Professor Allan arrived, making Beowulf sit back in his seat. Everyone immediately silenced and gave full attention to his lectures.
The last class bell finally rang, signalling time to go home. Everyone quickly left the classroom and immediately wanted to enjoy their weekend.
"Hey, do you have something to do tonight?" she asked.
Ryo was a little taken aback by her question and then answered as calmly as possible, "Yes, why though?"
"Nothing, just be careful," replied Anna with a smile and patted Ryo's shoulder. "See you on Monday!" cried Anna as she walked away and waved her hand.
***
It had been smooth sailing for Emma. Since she enrolled in White Raven Upper Class, she acted as a docile and innocent little girl, successfully attracting the two girls who's mentioned by Elena as her secret mission subject.
After a few days, she could convince them to let her be one of their group members and got invited to their small party.
Her WristNect beeped when she just arrived in her room, then she opened the message.
[I believe you already befriended them. Tonight is the night, come to my office at 7 o'clock.]
Before seven, Ryo finally arrived at the mansion after trading some sarcastic banter with Lucas in their room.
As per usual, Sebastian welcomed him at the front door and ushered him to Elena's office at the far most room at the end of the big corridor.
Ryo entered the office room. Elena and Emma were already there waiting for his arrival.
Emma, who already wore her cute dress, stood on Elena's side, bowing to Ryo and greeting him, "Good evening, young master."
"Finally, you are here," said Elena. She closed her paperwork.
"Yeah? So... What is the plan?" asked Ryo.
Elena clasped her hands and rested them on the desk. She smirked cunningly. "Walk straight into their trap,"
Ryo understood her sly smile and smirked likewise, "And destroy them?"
"Destroy everything, and they will lead us to the snake," said Elena with a terrifying gaze.
Ryo took out his katana from spatial space, jet-black aura engulfed his arms and dissipated to thin air.
"Lead the way," said Ryo.
Elena gave Emma the gaze, and she bowed.
"Follow me, young master," said Emma as she walked past Ryo.
He followed her with a stern face, and his gaze was in full rage. His heart was excited cause he finally could try out his skill.
Sebastian followed them after Elena gave him the finger code.
"Young master, whatever that would fall before me, please don't interfere," said Emma.
"Why?" Ryo was intrigued by her statement.
Emma fell to silence, and Sebastian let out a small cough before he answered for her. "Worry not, young master, let us handle the small fry, and you just need to slay the boss. If the boss is brave enough to peek his head out, that is."
"Let me sort them out tonight, Sebastian," said Emma with a very serious tone.
Sebastian's benign face was changed as well, he took a brief moment and whispered something on Emma's ear.
After that, Ryo felt a surge of malicious energy gathered around her, making him get goosebumps in his whole body.
After a few moments, that energy surge calmed down, Emma still looked all the same in Ryo's eyes. But he could feel Emma's strength multiplied.
He never thought the cute and docile maid was that unimaginably strong in front of Ryo.
"Shall we?" said Sebastian as he opened the front doors for them.