Irritation

Kuro opened his eyes only to see the familiar ceilings. a little bit different from usual, he saw not the broad sky, but the narrow ceilings.

The embodiment of his trauma, no, this whole city was his trauma, if said badly.

Don't worry... if I went to her places... I don't have to feel this loneliness anymore.

Quietly, and slowly, he exited the place. he may have became older, but he was still at the same room with this children. so that no one notices him, tried to leave as quietly as he can because he is afraid to wake them up.

in hallway just near to door, the person who served like an cashier of this orphanage was sleeping in his sit.

*sneak* *sneak* *whoosh*

as the author tried something new, Kuro was already outside, successfully, without anyone noticing him!

Ayame-chan's house wasn't that far from here. Sometime Mio-san will visit her, but mostly, she is alone. if possible, I'd like to live in her house with her.

'Kuro...? Take it slowly, kay?... Wait, who told him about that 'sexual thing'?(21)'

'It's you who told that. Remember? When we're talking about Kenshin Asura, you mentioned about what part of Kure Karla you liked. Well, with that intelligence with his we corrupted, he must have picked up what he could do with it.(17)'

'Isn't this our fault?(21)'

'No, no! I don't have any intention to Ayame-chan about that!(4)'

''The truth?(17)(21)''

'a little bit...(4)'

'as expected of me.(21)'

'Yes... the truth is, I... I want to hug her...(21)'

'Eh??... wait, wait. This is fine.(17)'

'Hey, 17. Didn't we corrupt him? Why do he look a little bit pure?(21)'

'You're stupid 21. Can't you see? No matter how much 'talk' we make, he's just an children. There's no way he will absorb everything like a sponge. Think of his age.(17)'

'Oh, I see! You're genius, 17. Then, it's alright to release our 'seal'?(21)'

'...No. Although he's a children, he's still us. he is as smart as me, and as much of an otaku as you, and as dark(negative) as us.(17)'

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Kuro stopped his foot in front of the house that seemed like a newly made. Around this place, was a little hidden where people doesn't usually pass by.

so it can be dangerous... not for her but for me.

Well, at least we arrived here safely.

Usually, Kuro doesn't go to Ayame's house because usually, when Kuro's awake, Ayame was already outside the orphanage waiting for Kuro. Today was unusual...

Yes. There must be something wrong and she didn't leave me alone...

Kuro knocked over the door and it made the sound.

Knocking it 3 times, Kuro waited for the adorable Oni to open the door and smiles at him.

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She is not coming...

0.3%

No. Something must have gone wrong! Yes, she must have mistakenly not hear his knock!

...She? The fighter who have exceptionally good hearing?

0.7%

No, no! Let's try it again.

*knock* *knock* *knock*

"FBI Open up?"

Kuro tried to joke himself to calm down his beating heart.

The situation was perfect. The timing was also perfect. This should make him feel a little bit better...

No.

2%

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Kuro stared at the door in front of him for some moment before darkening his face and leave the spot.

5%

Did she lie to me? No she aren't the one to do that.

She must have went somewhere. She would have told me.

6%

Darkness started covering Kuro and his negative thought began popping up.

People sometimes and she is not the exception. She must hated me because I hurt her yesterday.

7%

Whilst Kuro was walking blindly without a place to go, something touched from his behind, a hand in his shoulder, Kuro looked at his behind smilingly thinking that it's Ayame.

"Bgah..."

At the moment he turned behind, Kuro's stomach was punched, the shockwave spreading like a ripple, saliva escaping from his mouth due to the sudden shockwave his organ took.

"Give me your mone- Tch. That clothes you're from orphanage, aren't you?"

The appearance of a stranger who suddenly punched him was, quite burly compared to average person here, but his eye was bloodshot, as if something stressed him.

'Gamble?(17)'

'He judged us to not have any money so, we should be alright, right?(21)'

'Unfortunately, maybe not.(17)'

as if crushing 21's hope, the stranger said.

"Since you don't have money, I will just sell you to slavery. Come to think of it, isn't this also one of gamble since we don't know your aptitude, right?"

at first, he was muttering but as time passes, his muttering began to change into question.

"If even one of your aptitude rank were more than 4, I would strike it rich! Kikiki."

at this point, the burly man in front of Kuro wasn't looking at him as a person anymore, but a treasure.

'annoying.'

This man in front of him suddenly appeared and punched him.

'Truly annoying.'

if the timing was right, that man would have successfully intimidated Kuro, but right now, Kuro was stressed over the different fact and he didn't have the time to care about something others.

so, instead of fearing the man in front of him, he was more of annoyed. That punch still hurt.

Kuro who flew a little bit from before, now looked straightly toward the stranger with the eyes nothing but darkness, the abyss itself.

This scared the man a little bit, but more than that, he got angrier.

"Me, me the Agrenoria's strongest knight, Krainhold, getting scared of a children? How dare you..."

The stranger, no, Krainhold dashed forward Kuro whose body was beginning to be covered in more darkness.

The dash this stranger was clear to Kuro's eyes as it wasn't as exaggerated as the Oni or White Lion.

Then, the dash suddenly turned into tackle, with the intention to crash Kuro's body.

as the height differences said, Krainhold seemed like a mountain in front of him.

but this didn't matter to the current Kuro. he was so irritated in himself, he couldn't be intimidated by a mere pressure now.

Using his movement sharpness, he shifted to right side to dodge the tackle.

as if matching to his movement, Krainhold's tackle also changed. Keeping the same momentum, he swung his arm downward to Kuro.

Even this was clear to Kuro. Lowering his body even further, due to height differences, the punch missed and Krainhold fell to the ground because Kuro sent an counter-attack by sweeping his leg while lowering his body.

Kuro's leg reddened up and a bruise was made because of how heavy the man was. The injured part was even bleeding a little bit but Kuro couldn't care about that.

"YOU GODDAMN KIIII-"

Krainhold tried to get up from the ground using both his arm but, as he tried, Kuro leaped high up the air. Moving his leg mid-way, he brought his knee forward.

as he falls, his knee accurately hit Krainhold's neck which was trying to get up from the ground. Like that, the ground violently shook as the strange sound of something broken was being made.

as if unsatisfied, Kuro lifted his feet high-up, then smashed it downwa-

"Kuro?"

Something sounded from behind which canceled his current action. Then, looking behind, he smiled like an idiot.

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"Ayame-chan!! Where were you? I searched for you!"

Kuro left the bloody scene as he rushed toward the Oni.

"I went outside to collect herbs for the bruise. Do you remember? I hurt you yesterday, right?"

"Oh! I see!... Ouch, huh? Haha, sorry Ayame-chan. Another bruise was made."

The Oni placed her palm in her face as if saying 'good grief'

"Let's go to my home I'll treat it."

OwO

Kuro widened his eyes. he and Ayame at her home, together!?