"No need to be alarmed... Kisuke and I already has enough control over our Reiryoku so that it won't react with Mana." Yoruichi calmly explained after seeing her expression.
Seeing that she not yet convinced, Yoruichi continued speaking, "His expertise is in energy manipulation. He won't fail at something as simple as this."
Medusa has already eaten quite an amount of food with Reiryoku and nothing bad happened yet. So she put her worries down and ask, "...Why did he do this? Why are you all helping me?... Don't get me wrong. I'm very grateful for your help, especially pertaining to those two souls, but I'm just a stranger... And I doubt I could help you with something. In fact, a dangerous group is after me and I'll only end up dragging you to my problems instead of returning this gratitude."
Yoruichi stayed silent for a while before speaking, "Did you also ask this question to him?"
"...Yes."
"What did he say?"
"He said that he needed something from me."
"That's all?"
"That's all..."
"That guy really didn't explain anything... You don't have to worry. That guy is only interested in you because of the knowledge he could get."
"...Just because of that? Aren't you all afraid of getting hurt? Is it really worth it to put yourselves at risk just because of some knowledge?"
Yoruichi wanted to answer, but the door of the room suddenly opened and Kisuke entered, "Seeking knowledge is one of my biggest joy in life. As simple as that. It doesn't matter if it's dangerous. On the contrary, the harder it is to get, the more rewarding it is... no matter how small the actual knowledge I can get."
Medusa then faced him, "I don't understand..."
"You don't have to. You have your own life and you have to find joys in it yourself. You also don't have to justify it to others. Just explaining it once is enough... whether they understood it or not, it doesn't matter." Bringing out the food and an additional table and chair from his inventory, he sat down to join them.
Medusa somehow gets it, but still, don't understand most of it.
"Don't think about it. It's just me, rambling nonsense." Kisuke then grabbed a handful of food before continuing to speak, "By the way, who are the guys chasing you?"
Medusa got her mind off from Kisuke words as she contemplated what answer she should tell them. If she tells them the truth, there are only three things that could happen. First is that they would present her to the Perseus Clan to gain some benefits from them.
Second is they let her go, not wanting to mess with her or the Perseus Clan chasing after her.
Third and last is they wouldn't care about the Perseus Clan and continue detaining her here.
The first possibility is the worst one and the most likely as she already experienced it several times. Second is the second most likely thing to happen. If they are a bit vigilant, they wouldn't want the Perseus Clan to think that they took care of her as even if they present her to them, the Perseus Clan would only erase them to reduce the number witnesses. The last possibility is the most unlikely as only those idiots or incredibly strong individuals can decide something like that. But even then, after knowing her true identity, they would immediately discard her or present her to the Olympian Gods, more specifically, to Athena.
If she lies to them, however, it'll only bring harm to them down the road as even though she's extremely vigilant, she can recognize good intentions as like even though most of her experiences are the worst, there are bits of good in it. Like the name, she borrowed from a certain girl who helped her in the past. She's very thankful that she was able to escape early enough that the girl, Ana, wouldn't feel any backlash from her interaction with the 'criminal' of the Perseus Clan.
After a few minutes pondering, Meduse chooses to tell the truth but hide her identity for now, "... The Perseus Clan..." She was expecting a shock or at least a concerned look from them after hearing her words, but her assumptions were largely wrong.
"Heh... Those guys, huh. Well, we already expected it, so it's not really a big deal." Kisuke continued eating in great relish after muttering those few words.
Yoruichi is the same, she kept eating after saying a few words of her own, "So we move Claire and the rest back to Japan now?"
"Nope... It's just the Persues. They can still stay here and play for a few days." Kisuke replied, still eating his food.
"When do they move?" Yoruichi had enough of the dishes and moved to the deserts.
"Hmm... Let see... After I confirmed that an Olympian Gods are going to get involved?" Kisuke stopped for a moment to think.
"Then I guess we have a few days to spare... What do you want to do?"
"Let's see... Let's tour the whole island, after that, we go back to Piraeus or Athens to roam around. If we still have time after that, we roam around the whole Attica Region, I guess?"
"I want to go too!" Claire chimed in. Even though she doesn't understand what they are talking about, but she's sure that they are going out to have some fun. She couldn't miss it.
"W-wait a minute! Why are you taking the Perseus Clan so lightheartedly!? And you even sound like everything is fine even if you meet a god!" Medusa dropped her spoon and finally reacted at their words. She didn't know if they're just idiots that don't know the power of gods or idiots that are courageous enough to face the gods.
Yoruichi looked at her and explained, "Perseus Clan isn't really a big deal. I've already investigated them and I focused on their manpower and individual power. And the result is they aren't a big deal."
"What!? You're underestimating them too much! They have at least one of the weapons that the original Perseus to slay the Gorgon! And those are bestowed by the gods!"
"Oh right... Now that you mentioned it. There is indeed a weird shield in their treasury."
"Why didn't you steal it?"
"I'm not a burglar and I'm not even interested in it in the first place. From what I remembered from Cleria's words, that shield is used to detect all life in the vicinity. I can do that too."
"You've got a point. It's basically useless for us."
"Wha-!?" Medusa was speechless at their interaction but set it aside first as there is something that bothered her in their words, "Anyway, why are you so sure that the Olympian Gods would get involve?"
"Well... Perseus Clan is a patron of Olympian Gods, right? If they are on the verge of annihilation, they would surely call their big boss." Kisuke looked at Medusa and make an inquisitive expression. Even though she can't see, Medusa is sure that that expression means, 'You didn't know this?'
'What the hell are these people? Why do I look like the weird one here? Should I believe their words? Wait... I haven't asked the most important question...' Medusa took a deep breath to calm herself down. She wanted to forget the earlier exchange as she didn't have the energy to process them, "What if you really faced a god? What will you do?"
"Hmm... I don't know."
"..." Medusa was speechless yet again.
"I don't really know much about the gods and the full extent of their abilities. So I guess we'll just wing it?"
"I'm sure that you already prepared a bunch of escape routes in case something goes wrong?"
"Yep~."
"Then let's just decided as the situation unfolds~. It seems more fun that way."
'Lunatics... They're lunatics... Elder sisters, please give me the strength to face my future with them...'
Ohohoho~
You don't judge them by your preconceived notion. Now that they are 'free', they would do things just for the heck of it~!
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Kisuke and Yoruichi kept talking and planning for the near future, but Medusa couldn't make sense of what they are talking about.
It's not that the words coming from their mouths are hard to understand, it's just that their statements are too unbelievable that they might as well be dreaming. Without much choice, Medusa just copied Claire and started eating without a care in the world.
After eating, Medusa feels so much better due to her restored Mana, though she's still pretty weak because of her wrecked body.
Cleaning up the table, Yoruichi and Claire exited the room again leaving only Kisuke and Medusa to talk again.
"Ana-san, how are you feeling?" Kisuke went back to speaking Japanese when he figured that she could understand it.
"...Much better..." Medusa started fidgeting, opening and closing her mouth trying to say something.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Kisuke pulled out a set of tea and put one in front of Medusa.
"Uhmm... Thank you very much!" Following the Japanese tradition, Medusa bowed down in front of Kisuke. She wanted to do a dogeza but she wasn't sure if that's appropriate.
Kisuke chuckled and replied, "Hahaha, No need to be so formal. I just patched you up and I would get my payment later."
"I'm thankful for that too, but that's not what I'm referring to."
"Not that? Ah... you mean those two little girls inside you?" Kisuke then took out some cookies and started munching on them.
"Yes... that... Wait! How did you know how they look like!?" A possibility then emerges in Medusa's mind. Without thinking much about it, Medusa flared up her Mana and materialized a Harpe connected to a chain. At first, she wanted to attack Kisuke, but regardless of what he did, he still helped her survive so she decided to direct her attack to the windows to break the barrier.
She pushed her body to the limits again and she ended up coughing blood. Medusa threw her Harpe with all her power but to her dismay, it only bounced off, 'Such a strong barrier?'
Gritting her teeth, Medusa grabbed her Harpe again and put up a stance while facing Kisuke. Vigilance and hate are emitting from her.
Kisuke, meanwhile, just watched her actions while calmly sipping on his tea, 'What's up with her now? Well, I guess it's good that she's energetic?'
Without much choice, Medusa opened her mouth as she couldn't stand his stare and silence, "You... Did you go through my memories?"
Kisuke slowly put down his cup of tea, "Oh... So that's you're concerned about. Don't worry, I didn't go through your memories."
"...Then how?" Medusa abated some of her hateful aurae but her vigilance spiked up instead, 'Did he hypnotized me while I was asleep that I ended up telling him my secrets?'
"Think about it, I can tell that there are souls within you, so it isn't impossible that I can also see what they look like." Kisuke spoke calmly as he analyzes the situation, 'Her reaction about her memories is weird. Looks like the secret she's carrying is bigger than I thought. Well, considering the state of her soul, that much is normal, I guess? But one thing is for sure, those so-called Gods are the one responsible.' He didn't show it outwardly, but remembering Ana's soul state makes him very angry as a Shinigami who guides the souls to their rest.
Medusa didn't speak and just stared at him. Kisuke didn't know what she's thinking but he continued speaking, "I don't care about your past whether you're a monster or whatever. I'll judge you base on what I will see from you." He didn't really know what to say, but he guessed that she reacted that way because she didn't want to be judged based on her previous actions.
After a minute or two, Medusa cleared her head and dematerialized her Harpe, 'Thinking about it, he wouldn't have that kind of reaction if he truly saw my memories. He might even kill me outright if he knew my true form.'
Medusa slowly stood up and bowed down again, "I'm very sorry. I rashly jumped into a conclusion." After saying her piece, the pain she has been ignoring came back all at once. She staggered forward and was about to fall when Kisuke suddenly appeared in front of her and caught her.
"You really like pushing yourself to limits, huh? Just what sort of life did you lead until now?" Kisuke assisted and led her to the bed.
Due to her tired mind, Medusa ended up letting out a bit of her frustration. She smiles wryly and said, "Not a very good one... I wished I wasn't born." Medusa then loses consciousness again.
"You might not have a very good life, but I think those two would disagree with your wish as they kept protecting you even after death," Kisuke muttered.
As if she heard him in her sleep, Medusa's wry smile change into a bit happy one.
After putting a blanket over her and casting some healing Kidou on her, Kisuke left the room. He couldn't use the 'Rejecting' token anymore as it is already broken and he hasn't found a chance to make one again so he could opt for these basic healing techniques.
Yoruichi and Claire are playing some kind of board game and are enjoying themselves, while Cleria and Masaomi are busy taking some calls.
Kisuke joined Yoruichi and Claire until Cleria approached them, "How is the girl doing?"
"She's too vigilant. Even though she acts calm most of the time, when you touch some specific topic, she'll react violently." Kisuke replied.
"I see..." Cleria then looked at Yoruichi who's playing happily with Claire.
Understanding what she meant, Yoruichi grabbed Claire's attention, "I'm tired of this! Let's play hide and seek! I'll start counting, 1... 2... 3..." Yoruichi covered her eyes as she starts counting.
"That's unfair!" Claire protested but she immediately stood up and ran somewhere to hide.
With Claire out of the picture, Cleria started reporting, "Half of the Perseus Clan's manpower is searching the seas and the surrounding islands and coastal areas for something."
"They're searching for Ana, alright? And do you know why they are searching for her?"
"... We know what they want from her..." Cleria crumpled her face as she's also confused at the information she and Masaomi got.
"What?"
"A quest for the current direct descendants of Perseus. Whoever who can kill the girl they are searching for will become the head of the clan."
"...Just for what reason? What did this Ana do to get that kind of recognition from an ancient family?"
"That... we are still combing through our channels to see if we can get more information regarding that. But it seems to be a top-secret of the Perseus Clan as even if we 'ask nicely' one of their members who is a known criminal, he didn't give us any substantial information."
Yoruichi uncovered her eyes and looked at Kisuke, "What are you going to do now?"
"For now... Let's just wait and see. Remember that this isn't our problem, so we don't really want to help that much. I want to see how are they going to find her and where would this story goes. And if the Gods really appear, that's where I will enter the stage for real." Kisuke then thank Cleria for everything she has done.
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