Chapter 16 - Another Random Chapter
The short nap on the girl's lap has put Chris back deep into his own memories a few days ago.
"What? Again? Just how many times should I tag along with these flashbacks stuff? And why do I sounds like a pervert?"
Well, enough with the breaking of the fourth wall, let's get real...
A few days ago, Chris is alone in his room playing with Byako, then Sky knocks the door and came in without any permission.
"What do you want again?" Sky sits down on a random chair although he is obviously not welcomed by Chris.
"Well, how should I put it?... That's certainly not the only reason right?" Sky asked.
"Uh…I don't get you." said Chris.
"Ai, puzzle pieces?" said Sky.
"Well, have to admit it that is just one of my many reasons." said Chris
"Is it mainly to do with your body condition?" Sky asked.
"Huh?"
"Your magic has been rather quite unstable recently, right?" Sky asked again.
"*smile*…You have been thinking too much, anyway, go get some rest, I'll be taking leaves starting tomorrow, so you might be having hard times especially during maths class…"
"What???!!! NooOOOoooOoo!!!!"…
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Chapter 16 Another random chapter
Present, Ai is still watching Chris who is still fast asleep, with some notes of school work in her right hand …
"Hmm… That handwriting, are those belongs to Itsuki-kun?" Chris asked out of the blues.
"Ah! did I wake you up, My Master?" said Ai.
"Uh…Not quite, just your lap is not really a good place to sleep on. So, those really are Itsuki's note huh?" said Chris while sitting up and grabbed some notes from the floor.
"Yes, ever since that day, he came to visit me almost every day and give me these school notes." said Ai.
"Ah…He is a really concerned person, isn't he?" Chris asked, like an... Uhm... Old father?
"Maybe…"
"Interested at him?"
"What? I…"
"Hah! Just teasing you."
"But there is something quite weird about him recently…" said Ai.
"How so?"
"Well, he usually comes over by himself and will stay for at least an hour…" said Ai.
"Ah! So he is the one that interested in you huh?" Chris continues with the teasing.
"I… don't think so… Anyway, until three days ago, his chauffeur seems to be watching him quite strictly and came over to fetch him almost instantly after he sends me his notes. And yesterday, the chauffeur even send me the note by himself… as if Itsuki kun is not allowed to come over here anymore…" said Ai.
"Hmm… That's certainly is weird, it is very unusual for you to care about someone to this extent… So you are interested in him after all huh." said Chris, still teasing.
"…"
"…Ah…I guess I went too far huh? Anyway, that chauffeur, is it that Shuiichi you are talking about?" Chris asked, finally getting serious.
"Yes…"
"Well, he had drawn my suspicion for some time now, so… Wait! Did you feels anything?" said Chris who get alerted all the sudden.
"What?"
Then, without any further warning, the room is filled countless of a ghoul-like creature with only head and hand…
"The soul eater (simply known as ghoul) huh? That's quite a lot of them, I wonder where did they come from?" said Chris, rather calm.
"Could these being actually summoned by someone, as I have seen this type of ghoul before, they are slightly different from the ordinary one, which instead blindly search for their target like the normal one, they react to any smallest movement which will trigger their senses and make them attack their target in group." said Ai.
"True, this could be quite troublesome…Stay close to me." said Chris.
"Yes, my master." said Ai.
"Oh! And stop calling me master, just Chris will be okay." said Chris.
So, the ghoul approaches the two, however before those creatures could harm them, they burst on their own.
"Uh…What is happening? Chris-sama?" Ai asked, a bit curious.
"The house spirits, their job is to protect me from any form of danger… like this one…" said Chris with a smile.
However, among all these little ghouls, there were a few that have a complete body figure, which is obviously stronger and not affected by the house spirit… Well, when I said a few, it's actually quite a lot.
"Tsk!"
"Ah! Those are… should I…"
"Stay here and don't make any unnecessary move that will provoke these low lives." said Chris.
As those ghouls are literally blind, they just floating aimlessly in the room, those with complete body (instead of just head) is doing a weird and rather disturbing 'waggling dance', and to make things worse, among all of these ghouls there is one with a totally different look and style, seemly more intelligent than the other, supposedly to be the leader… Is doing a much more nastier dance(haha). Obviously annoyed and irritated by the sight, Chris slightly moved his fingers, all the weaker ghouls just vanished into thin air, leaving the stronger ghouls still doing that weird waggling move. For all of the sudden, that 'leader' of the ghouls seems to spotted Chris, it slowly approaching Chris, reaching his sharp claws toward Chris's face. Chris however is totally not wavered by this, he closed his eyes as if he doesn't care if this creature can harm him or what.
Suddenly that ghoul being slashed into halves, along with the other remaining ghouls. In front of Chris is a man with long black and white hair, wearing some sort of traditional clothes wielding a katana.
"Byako."
"My Lord! Are you alright?"
"I guess so."
"Ah! Your face.." Some blood is dripping from the spot where the ghoul touched him.
"Oh! This… Not a big deal." Chris casually wipes off the blood with his hand. Then Byako kneeled down.
"My Lord, I give you my deepest apologizes for goes into my human form without your permission. I'm willing to accept any of your punishment."
"No, you did a great job protecting me just now… However I do think that you need to goes back to your cat form now as we are having some 'visitor'." Said Chris while looking out of the window.
"Hello, good afternoon, Miss Ai. Oh! Mr. Chris is here as well."
"Shuiichi-san is it? Nice to see you here." said Chris.
"I am here to send Miss Ai this school notes Master Itsuki make last night." said Shuiichi.
"Oh! Itsuki-kun sure is a nice person huh?" said Chris.
"Yes he is, willing to help a girl that almost killed him is certainly a very kind deed." said Shuiichi.
"Ha! You are a humorous one, Shuiichi-san." said Chris.
"Seeing such a worthless killer girl been harm like these have already make Master Itsuki feel so upset, I wonder what will happen if one of his friends, for example you, Mr. Chris, getting harmed?" said Shuiichi.
"I don't quite understand what do you mean by that." Said Chris with a sarcastic manner.
"I'll show you." Said Shuiichi while pulling out a pocket knife…
"Oops! I guess your joke had gone way too far, Shuiichi.". Before Shuiichi can do anything, Sky came in from the slide door and grabbed Shuiichi's hand.
"Oh! My apologies! I guess I should take my leave now. Farewell." Then Shuiichi left.
"Chris! Are you alright? Did you get hurt?" said Sky, really worried.
"I suppose I'm alright…" said Chris.
"No, you looks quite pale, you are certainly not alright. Hey Ben! Can you check him out a bit?" said Sky.
"Yes, of course…"
"Wait! Why is Ben here?"
"Well…As a part of my job, I really can't afford myself to let anything happen to my patient right? Especially for someone as honorable as you… Seriously, if you don't really care about your own safety, at least take a mind of your special identity."
"My identity? What do you mean by that, do you know anything about my past?" Chris asked, a bit anxious.
"Hmm…*look at Sky*…Here, you have your answer." said the doctor.
"I see…"
"Hey, don't ignore me! Tell me, what do you know ab…" Chris suddenly stops talking and turns blank.
"Chris? Chris! Are you alright?! Hey!" said Sky while holding Chris's shoulder.
"Huh?...Ah… I'm fine, just experience some fluctuation of magic. That's all." said Chris.
"Uh…Ben! We need to get him back to the hospital to have some emergency treatment right now. He is hallucinating! Having magic fluctuation and said 'that's all'? This is serious!?" Sky exclaimed in a horrified state.
"I agree with you for the very first time. This is an emergency!" said the doctor.
"Haha… These two."…