chapter 2 [edited]

ALLAN POV

Inside a train whose destination was Kyoto, were me, Aunt Clarisse, Akino and Serenity. we were in 4 seats divided into 2 pairs facing each other, on one side are Aunt Clarisse and Serenity and on the other are Akino and me.

Serenity is in the window seat watching the landscape while watching its surroundings to eliminate any danger that comes close to its master.

Akino is also sitting on the window seat, but instead of watching the scenery she was sleeping with her head resting on my shoulder, since the summer holidays started last month she turned off the alarm clock and only woke up at 10 am, and then today at 6 morning she was beaten... I mean awake by Aunt Clarisse, she slept immediately when she sat on the seat, at some point during the trip she rested her head on my shoulder.

As for Aunt Clarisse and I, we are in the seats near the corridor of the train car, we talked during the trip and she told me what happened to her friend's relative.

"Aunt Clarisse why did you never tell me about it? And why are we going by train instead of using teleportation magic?" I asked.

Aunt Clarisse was quiet for a while before sighing.

"Allan, I haven't told you so far why I was hoping you would improve your skill with your magic and you finally made it through the Serenity case."

"The answer to your second question is that I have some annoying enemies so don't let people know that I'm related to the youkai faction, because of this Yasaka and I - san can rarely meet in person, the last time we met was the night before his birthday, we maintain secure communication but we can only communicate from time to time, this morning we had our usual communication but then she said that the girl got worse, so I had to hurry up and take you with me."

"We cannot use teleportation magic because it would be like announcing that we are guests of the youkai faction so we need to go by train so as not to attract much attention."

"As for taking Serenity and Akino, Serenity would follow you no matter what we say to her so it is better to take - her for good anyway, as for Akino it would be unfair to leave - la alone at home while we go to Kyoto."

That's what Aunt Clarisse said.

"Okay Aunt Clarisse, you also have your concerns and difficulties, but I have one last question." I told Aunt Clarisse.

"Oh, and what is it?" Aunt Clarisse asked.

"What is the name of the princess that this Prince enchanted on his white horse will save?" I spoke in a humorous tone while trying to improve the depressive climate that formed during the conversation.

"fu ... hahahaha... Seriously Allan can you still tell jokes even after that? fufu. "Aunt Clarisse tried to drown out her laughter but failed, her mood improved a lot with this joke.

"Really, a smiling Aunt Clarisse is much better." I close my eyes and let go of a sigh of relief when I see that Aunt Clarisse is back to normal.

While Allan closed his eyes, Clarisse was smiling at him while his cheeks were slightly flushed.

"Thanks Allan I really needed to laugh a little before I saw yasaka - san." Aunt Clarisse with her usual attitude.

"Ah ... yeah, the girl's name is tamamo - no - Mae." Aunt Clarisse spoke as if it were any information, but Allan and Serenity's reaction was something she didn't expect.

Serenity who was looking at the train window with no interest in conversation throughout the sudden journey turned her face with an expression of surprise as if to say

"I heard it wrong, right?" Clarisse was about to ask about her reaction to the name until she heard akino's voice.

"eh?... Allan - kun why are you crying?" when they heard it they both turned and saw that Allan was shedding tears.

Allan himself only realized that he was crying when Akino was still sleepy pointed out that fact.

"Eh? I'm crying?" Allan asked as he puts his hand on his cheek to confirm.

Allan himself didn't understand why he was crying, what he felt in his heart was the joy of knowing that this unknown girl exists and the sadness of remembering the whole story he heard about the girl.

"Master are you okay?" Serenity asked concerned about her master's well-being.

"Ah yes, I'm fine and only a lot of emotions have arisen suddenly that I don't even know how to explain, but I am that I guarantee." Allan says this by trying to lessen their concern for him.

They are still worried that he cried suddenly and wanted to ask how he is feeling until the train announced they were arriving at Kyoto station, then they had to leave for later and the arrival in Kyoto is being prepared.

When we got off the train we noticed that the station is completely deserted, with the exception of Aunt Clarisse we are all surprised and nervous because of this situation.

"There is no need to be so tense, remember that we need to go to Kyoto in secret? This is one of the arrangements that Yasaka - san prepared for our arrival. "Aunt Clarisse said this to lessen everyone's anxiety.

Upon hearing his words, everyone's expression relaxed a little. Seconds later they heard quiet steps going towards him, when they looked at the direction of the steps they saw a man of half - age, he seemed to be in his 50s, he had black hair with some gray parts and golden eyes and on top of his head were cat ears as well as 3 black tails behind his waist, his outfit consisted of a

of a black yukata with a white waist band with yellow stripes.

"Be well - coming Clarisse - sama, I was waiting for your arrival." he spoke respectfully while greeting respectfully.

"Hello Kurosuke, sorry for having to do - prepare the station for us." Aunt Clarisse spoke.

"Don't worry Clarisse - sama with little details, we should apologize for never being able to give you an appropriate reception." Kurosuke says with a slightly tired expression.

"I propose Clarisse - sama, who would these young people be?" Kurosuke asked respectfully.

"This is Akino, she is my student so I guarantee she is reliable." Clarisse said introducing akino.

"This is Serenity, she is the servant and also the guard - Allan's back, she has a quiet personality but I can guarantee she is a good girl." Clarisse introduced Serenity.

"And finally the star of the day, this is my dear nephew Allan, I brought him here because he can heal Tamamo - chan." Clarisse said while hugging Allan.

When Clarisse introduced Akino and Serenity, Kurosuke was surprised but remained composed.

Akino being introduced as his student was surprising, because many of the supernatural world know that Clarisse is among the strongest osseres in the world so obviously many have asked to be his disciples just to be instantly rejected, then Clarisse introducing someone as her student would surprise the whole world.

As for Serenity, he doesn't know what to say about her.

In his long life he worked in foreign relations with other factions, he met a lot of people and he also had many psychological battles over the years, because of this he is able to guess a person's personality just by looking at the person. But he cannot understand anything about this young woman named Serenity, whether it be good intentions or bad intentions he does not see any of this from her, and this makes it difficult to determine her character.

But as she is accompanying Clarisse he determined that she should not be a bad person.

But what really surprised him was the young man named Allan, he has a very common appearance, so you can understand his personality he is quite normal like anyone else.

Despite this, is he related to Clarisse Aizawa?

The monster that managed to tie with a God?

Seeing the differences between the two, it is not even possible to relate - them as relatives.

Although he is surprised by his relationship between the two, he also heard Clarisse's statement about the young man in front of him being able to heal Tamamo - no - Mae.

"Is this really true Clarisse - sama? Is he able to save Tamamo - sama?" Kurosuke put aside his respectful behavior and asked with expectation and supplication.

"Yes he will save - la, now guide us to the size - chan." Clarisse spoke in a hurried and confident tone.

"Yes, as Clarisse - sama wishes." Kurosuke reveres Clarisse as he guided the group through the station.

The group arrived at a soda machine, at that moment kurosuke started making signals with his hands, after that the soda machine opened up revealing a secret passage, after going down the stairs of the secret passage, the group walked down a long corridor for some time at that time they were talking.

"And then kurosuke? Why do you have that tired expression on your face? Has anything boring happened recently?" Clarisse asked questions as we passed down the hall.

*sigh * "It's the hell, they visited our youkai faction for diplomatic matters, after all the heirs of the Gremory and Sitri houses are going to study in Kuoh, even though the city of kuoh is in the territory of the devils in Japan, it is still Japanese territory so they came to us for formalities to maintain neutrality." Kurosuke said with a tired expression.

"I understand that politics is complicated, but was their visit so bad?" Clarisse curious and serious.

Noting Clarisse kurosuke's serious look he quickly says.

"Don't worry Clarisse - sama, the visit went on without any problems, the problem is more with me." kurosuke spoke.

"With you?" Clarisse asked in curiosity?

"Yes, in fact, who came representing the devils was the maou Serafall Leviathan of the devils' foreign relations, professionally she acted well as a representative of her race, but about her personality I can't keep a conversation with her, since she always calls me Kurosuke - chan when we meet, * sigh * is really difficult." kurosuke says it all with a tired expression.

"hahahahahaha... Well it is true that for a serious and traditional old man like you it would be difficult to have a conversation with that aspiring mahou shoujo." Clarisse had a good laugh and then said that about the maou.

Allan was not very interested in the conversation about the maou, but he heard something important, "the heiress of the Gremory" that simple mention has already made him pay a little attention to the conversation.

after that he turned to pay attention to Akino.

The emotions that appear on Akino's face are sadness, longing, expectation is frustration.

in these 4 months akino spoke about his past.

About his father Baraquiel, about his mother Shuri Himejima and about his twin sister Akeno Himejima. She talked about her happy moments as a family and also about the tragedy that happened to her family. In the midst of all that tragedy she was rescued by Aunt Clarisse.

She still maintains contact with her father Baraquiel, but this contact is restricted to prevent her from being found by the traitors of Grigori who set up that tragedy from going after Akino. As for her sister Akeno Himejima she was saved by the Gremory house when the Himejima clan was about to kill - la, so akeno went to the underworld with the Gremory house.

when Akino told me all this she was about to cry, seeing - a in that state I did the only thing right for you to do, I gave her a hug and a friendly shoulder.

When she was hugged, Akino couldn't help himself anymore and started to cry, she cried for 1 full hour before falling asleep so I carried her in the princess style to her room and put her to sleep peacefully in her bed.

Leaving my thoughts I approach Akino and take his hand, akino is surprised by my sudden action, so I tell her.

"Don't worry, sooner or later your family will be reunited again, and I will help you with that. ' I say this to reassure your heart.

Akino looks at me excited then after a few seconds she smiles blandly.

"Am I that easy to read?" akino asked.

"Yes you are." I answer at the same moment.

"Wow you could have answered otherwise Allan - kun, baka." akino says while pouting with his slightly colored cheeks.

I'm glad to see that her mood improved I was about to pull more to talk to her, but at that moment Kurosuke caught our attention.

"Clarisse - sama we are already close to Tamamo's residence - sama so I ask you to completely hide your aura so as not to attract unwanted attention." Kurosuke said to Clarisse.

"I know, I've been doing this since I passed the station." Aunt Clarisse spoke with confidence.

At the end of the corridor was a staircase, we went up the stairs and went out into a forest, a little further on there was a traditional Japanese house.

when we arrived at the japanese house we were received by some japanese maids, some with cat ears like Kurosuke or fox ears.

Among the maids was a fox woman of middle age - with long brown hair covering her back.

"I see that I brought Clarisse - sama, his turn - can." the maid spoke in a respectful and sarcastic tone to Kurosuke.

"Yes, I brought Clarisse - sama and Allan - sama. How is Tamamo - sama? you old fox." Kurosuke responded in the same way as the maid.

"Tamamo - sama has managed to stabilize now little but we don't know when it will get worse again... Aproposito turns - can, who are these young people next to Clarisse - sama. "The maid asked politely.

Kurosuke then introduced the maid to the three of us and she was surprised about us.

"I really apologize for my rude behavior from now on, this humble maid is called Hinami" the maid now known as Hinami spoke as she lowered her head.

"It's okay you didn't know about us so ..." I was trying to calm down - la but I was interrupted by Aunt Clarisse.

"We can talk any time later, now we have to see the tamamo - chan." Aunt Clarisse said in a hasty tone, but everyone agreed with her words.

After entering the house we entered the girl's room which was the reason for our trip to Kyoto, when we opened the door we saw something unpleasant.

On the floor, lying in a futon was a girl with long pink hair, she had fox ears like Hinami - san but different from Hinami - san who had only one tail, this girl had 9 fox tails.

Normally I would be delighted to meet a 9 tails fox, but this girl was in a terrible state.

She was very thin and malnourished, she was also very pale, in her body there were also black spots scattered around her body.

she was in a dying state but was still breathing, showing that she still refused to surrender to death.

When we saw the girl's condition, we had different reactions.

Akino put his hand and mouth in amazement and looked away.

Serenity was in for a surprise, as Serenity killed many people by poisoning she can say something about what she sees. That the girl in front of her is resisting the poison by sheer willpower, Serenity doesn't understand why she persisted all these months, but Serenity cannot help admiring his will to survive even though he is suffering horribly from this poison.

Clarisse has a painful expression, now she knows the sadness and pain in her friend's heart.

Kurosuke and Hinami have a sad expression when they see the state of Tamamo.

Within Allan's heart there are many emotions, the joy of power knows - la, as well as the sadness and pain of finding - la in such a state. Without paying attention to the others Allan approaches the girl bends down and takes the girl's hand. The girl notices Allan's presence and turns her face to see - it, when she sees him her eyes widen.

"a ... a ... a ..." the girl tries to speak with her weakened voice almost inaudible.

Allan gives the girl a small, peaceful smile as he speaks.

"Don't worry, when you wake up you will be completely healed."