Chapter:27 Marionettist and the Puppet pt-3

𝔹𝕖𝕖𝕡!

𝔹𝕖𝕖𝕡!

𝔹𝕖𝕖𝕡!

"Vitals are looking good....."

"Blood circulation to all parts of the body is good....."

"No organs showing any signs of abnormalities....."

"The bone density is also perfect....."

"Everything seems fine, there is literally no problem with your body, everything is working just fine but....."

"Yes?...."

"Sigh.....you are dying, I can't understand how but your body is growing weak by the second and I can't understand why!?...."

Two individuals, one of them, a middle-aged man could be seen wearing a white coat which is usually worn by doctors, holding a folder within his hands.

He had a deep frown on his face as he looked at the report within his hands, his patient was dying and he couldn't find the reason behind it.

No matter which test he conducted, no matter what part of the body he observed, he just couldn't find the cause and it frustrated him.

In front of him, laid a beautiful middle-aged woman, even though she looked ten years younger, she had a gorgeous figure, beautiful red eyes and long black hair. She wore a standard patient clothing and sat upright taking the support of the bed frame.

One could clearly see the absence of strength within her body. Her smooth skin no longer retained its bright colour but was now rather pale.

"Hmm....how much time do I left doctor?"

Hearing doctor mention the fact that she was dying and there was nothing he could do to prevent it from happening, there was no change on her calm face as if she had already accepted her fate.

"This....!"

The doctor clearly hesitated, he didn't want to tell her about how numbered were her days, it just didn't feel right to say that to a person who's days were numbered.

"Please doctor, I want to know how much time do I have....?"

Once again the middle-aged woman asked the doctor to tell her about how much time she had left in this world, she had already accepted the fact that she was dying, ages ago.

She didn't fear what was to come, there was no point in fearing the inevitable.

"2-weeks at maximum..."

The doctor gritted his teeth in frustration as he answered his patient with a helpless expression on his face.

Hearing the doctor's words, the middle-aged woman slowly nodded her head as she turned towards the window, watching the sunset, seemingly lost within the beauty of the setting sun.

The doctor initially wanted to speak something but he hesitated after seeing his patient's calm expression, ultimately he shook his head before exiting the room.

ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕜!

The doorknob was twisted open by the doctor as he walked outside only to be stopped by a petite looking girl who wore formal clothing and stood guard near the room entrance.

She had a worried expression on her face as she quickly started asking questions to the doctor about the middle-aged woman's health.

ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕜!

The doctor also turned towards her, closing the door behind him.

Just as the doctor opened his mouth to speak, the world suddenly seemed to slow down, so much so that it looked like things weren't moving at all, as if someone had pressed the pause button on the world.

Not only the doctor but also the petite girl and every other person in the world seemed to have frozen in time, everyone except the middle-aged woman who was still looking at the setting sun with a lost expression.

After a few minutes, she regained her focus and the first thing she noticed was the fact that the nearly set sun hasn't moved for a long time.

Sure the speed of the sun setting is indeed slow but it has been a few minutes and the sun hadn't moved an inch. The middle-aged woman turned her eyes from the sun to the birds who were frozen mid-air, the titled trees where should have been swaying due to the wind.

'What is going on....!?'

While observing the multiple elements, the middle-aged woman suddenly froze. All this time, looking everywhere through the window inside her room, she failed to notice that there was a reflection on the surface of the window.

The reflection in the window belonged to a rather tall figure, wearing a black cloak and a skull mask.

The woman slowly turned around and the same individual who's reflection she just saw was standing within the room.

Looking at the strange figure standing in front of her, a sudden memory clicked into the woman's mind as realization drawn upon her. Her eyes widened in shock while her body tensed up.

'H-He...is the one who nearly killed Tatsuya!'

"I suggest you don't force my hand and surrender to your fate....."

An incoherent voice resounded throughout the room, obvious the person was using a voice distorter while speaking. His body features and appearance was all hidden beneath the cloak he wore, his mask also helped.

"Wh—"

The woman opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by the masked man standing in front of her.

"I know you have many questions within your mind, for example...."

"𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚?...."

"𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪?....."

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨?....."

"𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙯𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙚𝙨?....."

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡?....."

"𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙚?....."

The masked man completely predicted the thoughts going through Miya's mind including the ones where she thought about somehow alarming the others or even try taking him down on her own.

"Maybe a few more similar question? But I would answer your questions one by one, patiently as we converse, Yotsuba Miya."

Erik narrowed his eyes beneath his mask as a smile appeared on his face. He was interested in unravelling this woman in front of him, piece by piece while her [Outer-Systematic Magic] was being copied in the second permanent slot.

"After all, we have all the time in the world don't we?..."

He questioned, not bothering to hear her reply though. He moved towards Miya, grabbed a stool and sat down, looking at her through his mask.

"I am known as [The Sin of Dragon], last time I met a Yotsuba, I nearly killed him and today.....I am here to kill you."

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