Not a week, but only a day

"..."

The family and a group of children in the park were either talking or playing with each other, and they seemed to be unaffected by Haru's question, or rather they didn't hear it.

However, it was different from Elena since Haru asked that question, her heart was beating very fast, and sweat started to drip from her forehead. The moment he asked her that question, she felt that she was facing Vasilisa, no, it was something worse!

"..I..."

The words that were about to come out of her mouth stuck and she couldn't say anything. She knew very well that she was ordered to kill him, or rather she needed to or else she would lose her only family, her little brother, but at the same time, when she felt his warmth, she felt that she was going to be addicted to it, and she didn't want to lose him too.

Elena was wondering whether she was greedy. However, she knew that it would be great to have both of them, but she knew that it was impossible, especially when she was tied down by the Russian Branch of the White Knight Order.

Elena wanted to say something, but she closed her mouth in the end since she could tell that it was impossible to lie to him.

"Lesya, I know your information very well." Haru looked at Elena and said, "You're a maneater, right?"

"You already know?" Elena didn't feel that surprised, or rather she felt that it was normal for him to know. She looked at him and asked, "So what are you going to do with me? Are you going to kill me?" Her hand was on her pendant, and she was ready to move anytime, but...

"Forget it, I don't have a plan to do anything for you," Haru said lazily while drinking a barley tea and watching the scenery in front of him.

Looking at Haru for a while, Elena slowly loosened her hand that was holding her pendant since she really had a feeling that he wouldn't do anything, and at the same time, she felt sad. She felt sad that she wouldn't be able to have such a happy day again in the future since she knew that she wouldn't meet him again in the future. She thought about standing up and walking away, but he held her hand.

"Haru?"

"Stay."

Haru looked at Elena and said, "Stay here, Lesya. Don't go."

Elena bit her lower lip and said, "But I am here to kill you."

"Do you want to kill me?" Haru asked.

Elena opened her mouth then closed it again. She then shook her head, and somehow it was tough to control her emotion.

"I don't want to kill you... I... I want to stay with you!" Elena said without hesitation.

Haru smiled and said, "Then I will save you from Thunder Empress."

Elena was happy, and when she was about to say something, there was a crow that appeared beside them and said, "What are you doing, Lesya? Hurry up and kill him! Don't you care about your little brother? If so, then hurry up and kill him!"

Hearing the "little brother" word that came out from the crow's mouth, Elena gritted her teeth and took off her dress, showing her battle gear, then pulled the ID Tag on her neck, transformed it into an ominous demonic sword.

"Leprazam..."

Haru knew this sword very well since he had gotten Elena's information, and at the same time, he knew that that sword also wounded Edward in the past.

Leprazam was both charming and beautiful, giving hallucinations of dripping, spurting blood with a swing of the sword, but somehow, when Haru saw Elena, who held this sword, he felt that he was watching a crying girl, she was crying for someone to save her.

When Elena stood up and held her sword, Haru was there, sitting on the bench without doing anything.

"You...!!"

Elena was in shock when she saw Haru was so relaxed and even the crow that was flying around Elena also felt strange since this guy was too arrogant, right?

Both of them knew that Haru had known about Elena's information and about her deeds too, which meant he also knew about her strength. However, he was just sitting there, without doing anything, but it gave both of them an illusion that he wasn't something that they could defeat when he just sat there.

"Hurry up and kill him, Lesya!" The crow shouted, but Elena stood there and didn't move since she was hesitant and she didn't want to fight Haru.

"Lesya, be calm and listen to me." Haru looked at Elena and decided to tell her the truth. "In truth, you don't have a little brother."

"...What?" Elena's expression quickly changed, and she became agitated. "What are you talking about, Haru?! Are you going to play me?!" She was furious at the moment, and even though she wanted to be with him and wanted his children too, it didn't mean she could take his joke about her little brother.

Haru shook his head and said, "I am not joking. The head of the institution has told me that you were abandoned, left alone on the night of a snowstorm. It was just you, all by yourself, moments after you were born. So it makes no sense for you to have a biological little brother."

Elena gritted her teeth and kept aiming her sword at Haru. "I don't need your foolish lies!"

"Then can you say your brother's name?" Haru asked.

"My brother's name..." Elena's eyes flickered since she couldn't remember anything.

"Can you remember what he looked like? How old is he?" Haru continued with his question, but Elena, who was being asked, started to fear and held the pendant on her neck to hide her insecurities.

"His age..."

Elena was then exposed to the biggest lie ever. "I don't remember anything. Why? Why?!"

"It's because Kasugano-kun is right."

When Elena was in agony, the crow, who had been watching the interaction between her and Haru, interrupted their interaction.

"Now, it seems that I should introduce myself to you, Kasugano-kun." The crow looked at Haru, and his expression started to change since, with just a few words from his mouth, he could make the sharpest sword of Russia to be like this.

"Shut up, a minor character. I don't need the name of some small characters like you."

Haru didn't even put a glance at the crow, showing that he didn't even put this guy as an opponent.

"You...!!!" The crow was furious when he saw Haru's reaction.

"What's going on, Condrat?" Elena asked with a trembling voice. "Where's my little brother?"

"He isn't real." The crow, whose name seemed to be Condrat, said with a cruel smile.

"Huh?"

"I implanted it in you. The illusion that you have a little brother. Human delusions are a pesky thing. You could figure it out if you just gave it a little thought, but you ignored it for years," Condrat said.

"I see..."

Then the rain started to fall, making it hard to distinguish whether tears or rain were dripping from Elena's eyes. She felt her head rumbling, and everything seemed to be hazy. Her emotions couldn't be controlled, but she knew one thing that she...

"I was alone. I should have died--"

Elena couldn't finish her words since her mouth was kissed.

"...."

Haru's actions dumbfounded Elena and Condrat.

When Haru heard Elena's words, he didn't hesitate and kissed her directly, stopping her from finishing her words.

Elena was startled, and her natural reaction should have pushed him away, but with her condition, she was standing stunned there when she felt his lips touching her. It felt that all the thoughts on her mind disappeared, and when she felt a tongue wanted to enter her mouth, she felt strange, but she didn't stop it.

Both of them were kissing each other under the rain, forgetting everything, and only focused on this kiss.

Elena hugged him tightly as if afraid to lose him, and she didn't want to lose him.

'Haru!'

Haru could feel the saltiness from Elena's tears, and the more he thought about what this girl had gone through, the more furious he was. Being a soldier was one thing, but deceiving such a pure girl for their gain was something that he couldn't forgive.

When Haru and Elena were kissing each other, Condrat became even more furious since he was being ignored once again.

"Lesya!"

It started to emit a black aura on the body of the crow, and when this black aura was about to enter Elena's body, it was stopped!

"What?!"

Condrat was in shock.

Haru parted his lips then used the power of "Horo Horo no Mi" to destroy Condrat's soul possession ability!

The black aura dissipated and disappeared without a trace, leaving only both Haru and Elena there.

Haru looked at Elena, who looked at him with mixed expressions. There was blush, blankness, hope, fear, and a lot more. He knew that what this girl was fearful about was that he might abandon her, so...

Haru looked at Elena and said, "You're not alone now since I am here now. You're mine, so don't die."

"Um..."

Elena nodded shyly and hugged him tighter, feeling the warmth and the security from him.

"I will take you to my home and introduce you to everyone. Is that alright?"

Elena nodded and asked, "Yes." She didn't have anyone after all, and if she could stay beside them, then it was all good, but then...

"Haru."

"Hmm?"

"Can I have your children?"

"..."

"...Let's go back first."

Haru also had something to do first with the head of the Russia Branch since he decided to come, especially to teach them to mess up his girl. He had sent the head of the Russian Branch a gift, and he wondered whether she loved it.