Chapter 7: The House of Masks Part 2

The sound of footsteps through the hallway echoed as the silver haired woman walked. Her mind was on the subject of being sold. It was something she expected since servants were more objects to be traded on a moment's whim. Even so, it felt as through it was a strange occurrence. Upon turning a corner, they were stopped by an overwhelming feeling of sudden warmth.

They might have wondered themselves into some sort of recreation area and spotted three people. A red masked woman who looked to be fourteen and looked a cyan masked individual who looked to be fifteen. The younger one was slightly taller than the older one. However, both just a little shorter than her.

The third person was wearing the green mask who seemed to stop talking and look in Claire's, now known as Ginsei, direction upon hearing her footsteps nearing them.

Ginsei came to a slow stop and there was a moment of silence before the red masked woman decided to speak first. However, the cyan masked woman has remained speechless.

"p-pretty.."

As a response, Gensei had only said or rather spoken her name.

"Gensei"

It was short and brief before she looked up to Midori who snapped his fingers. Probably to get everyone back to their senses.

"Ah!...your name!"

He exclaimed happily.

"Nice, you can call me Midori"

He smiled as he gave a thumbs up and pointed it to himself. Gensei nodded and was drawn to the red masked girl who seemed to be bursting with excitement to speak.

"Im Akai! and this is my main partner."

They placed both their hands on Cyan's shoulders and pushed her front and center.

"U-Um, Sian"

A shy and bashful smile along with a happy and joyful smile was made as a welcoming gift to her. It was a welcoming gift, that she decided to accept with a nod.

"It is a pleasure to meet you all.."

Gensei replied while stumbling on her words. However, kept her stoic demeanor. At this moment, her hand was taken and she was then drawn to the couch to take a seat. Both grils soon sat besides her.

Midori had leaned against the back of the couch and looked back to speak.

"Ah, have you been told about your daily routine yet."

"No"

Ginsei replied curtly.

"Hmm, then after bre-"

He was cut off by the red haired girl which caused her gaze to lower onto her.

"Breakfast then training out in the field!"

Akai's hands clenched in excitement with eyes of fire while Sian looked a bit fidgety which drew her attention away from Akai.

"T-then you eat lunch a-and then have lessons given by Murasaki"

Midori's hand was placed on Sian's hair petting them as he sighed. This causes her to lift up her head to look at them.

"A little mistake there Sisi, she will be getting a checkup from the doctor after lunch and then rest. "

Ginsei looked back to the fire as she listened to them speak after his pause.

"Once your fully in good shape…the checkup will change to a meet up with Murasaki."

Around this time, the dark blue masked boy entered the space.

"What's…everyone doing here…"

He said in a disgruntled voice carrying the last piece of cut wood in his hand. it was about this time that they noticed the top end of grey hair between red and cyan hair.

"Ah Nokon, this is that girl Kuro brought. Ginsei"

Ginsei looked back for a brief moment. She stared at the rolled up sleeves and the wood he carried in his black gloved hand. It took a moment, but she spoke.

"Nice to meet you."

Nokon gave a nod and spoke. "Well…welcome to the family." He rose up the wood and walked to the fire place. He crouched causing a shadow to overcast the group.

Her attention was soon brought back to the two girls who sat beside her. Not really knowing how to respond, they mostly answered in a way that was odd to them causing a brief laughter among the group. It wasn't something she was used to, but it felt mostly warm.

Perhaps due to the fire place near them.