Shirayuki Rin

*Knock *Knock

"Dear customer, your order is ready." A waiter knocked on the door. It seems that our food is ready.

"Bring it here." Rin-san replied in a dignified tone.

After that, our dishes were served on the table and the waiter left. There were a lot of delicious dishes. They do look really tasty. Most of them are filled with monster's meat. But I was still in shock. I drank a bit of cola and calmed myself down.

"What do you mean by your previous statement?" I asked about what she said earlier. She literally proposed to me to be her husband. Why? I am just a normal high school boy. I don't even have parents.

"Okay, let me explain." Saying that, Rin-san sighed.

"Before disappearing, Aunt Sumi came to us. She wanted you to officially join our family when you finally awaken your ability. To be honest, we were totally confused about why she would request something like that. My mother offered that, she would adopt you. But Aunt Sumi rejected that offer. She said that, she wants you to work hard to become powerful."

I understand that my mother wanted me to join their family. But why would she refuse to let Rin-san's mother adopt me? She wanted me to join their family only when I was finally able to awaken my power. But it's not like it was 100 percent guaranteed that I would awaken my power at that time.

"Why would she forbid me to join your family before awakening my power?" I asked in confusion.

"I don't know. As I said earlier, it might be because she wanted you to become powerful on your own. But to be honest, it's a lame reason. She even forbids anyone to get closer to you. It's like she wanted you to be isolated. Your father never even tried to help you, even though he knew your whole situation. He is from a rich noble family after all."

"Then why would my mother want me to join your family now? It doesn't make sense." I asked her.

"It's because you need to join a family. After awakening power, a person has two ways to become a hunter. First of all, to become an independent hunter and second is to join a noble family. In terms of choosing the first one, you will get quests to clear a dungeon directly from the government. There are few problems in this process. The number of quests you would get in a month is extremely low. You would mostly get low level dungeon clearing quests and won't get much money. Besides, the government won't help you with materials to level up."

I see. I do know this problem. Independent hunters don't really get much money. They have to work really hard so that some rich noble families notice them and offer them to work under them.

"In the second process, if you get to work for a noble family, you will be benefited in numerous ways. Tex is low, you will be able to earn more money, noble families will help you with the material to level up within certain stages, you will have a secure profession, you will get more quests etc. Besides, in your case, you are a valuable male vampire. There is a major shortage of male within vampire bloodlines. There is a chance that some of the vampire noble houses might collapse in future because of not having a male vampire. Also, from what I guessed seeing your previous fight, you will definitely become a powerful hunter in future. The katana that you own is not a normal katana by any means. It's a divine treasure, right? A divine treasure holder is bound to become powerful. That's why other vampire families would definitely try to get you by any means. To secure your safety, your mother has chosen her friend that she trusts to make your guardian. Originally, she wanted you to join our family as a servant like others. But my mother has a strong desire to make you her son. That's why, she wants you to live with us and become my sla.. I mean husband." She explained the whole situation. After finishing a long statement, she drank her cola.

"What are you waiting for? Start eating your food."saying that, she started eating her food.

I did as she said.

I understand the whole situation. My mother wanted me to be my own. So, she told her friends not to help me. But there is a possibility of me getting snatched by some shady families. Also, there is a possibility that my father's family would try to forcefully drag me to their family after knowing my power. So, to prevent that, my mother asked her friend to let me become the Shirayuki family's servant. It will act like a shield for me. My father's family won't be able to force me to join theirs if I am already a part of the Shirayuki family. I can genuinely guess that my mother holds a grudge against them.

"Umm, do you know where my mother is?" I asked her about my mother. I know the answer. But still, I couldn't hold myself from asking her this question.

"Nope. We don't really know. But she did say that, she would return while you're still studying in high school." She replied.

"I see." I muttered while eating a piece of meat.

"Well, what do you think? Will you join our family? You won't have to change your surname. You just have to work under us. About marriage and stuff, we would think about it after you meet my mother." She asked me about my decision.

"I don't think you lied to me. My mother might have genuinely wanted me to join the Shirayuki family. I would definitely respect her decision and join your family. There is no way I would refuse my mother's decision. Besides, it's not like I wouldn't get any benefit from that. So, I would like to join your family. No, please let me join your family." Saying that, I bowed to her.

Hearing that, she smiled and gave me a piece of paper.

"Just sign this paper and you would officially become a member of the Shirayuki family. Also, I want you to live with our family." Rin-san said.

I signed the paper after reading the content. It was a normal contact paper.

"What do you mean by living with you guys?" I asked.

"Well, you are gonna be our family member and family should stay together. Isn't it obvious?"saying that, she gently smiled.