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章節 726: Lysa part 1

"Just yesterday, when she saw me on the streets, she instantly ran away. There's no way that girl would want to come with me.", explained Kisuke.

"She did that?", asked Loki, "If she's going to be terrified of someone, it would be Sera-chan."

Kisuke was surprised that Serafall's name had suddenly come up and Loki noticed that and continued on, "Before the whole Knossos subjugation started, Ais-chan felt that her strength was not enough to match the red-haired Creature. In an attempt to bridge that gap, she decided to find someone to help her get stronger. The strongest person that she knew, aside from you, was Sera-chan. Though I was really surprised when she agreed."

'She was probably bored with too much free time.', thought Kisuke.

"Serafall-san came to the manor after Ais-san asked her. After that, it was just a one-sided beatdown. It was so bad that I had to stay by Ais-san's side at all times so that she could continue fighting. But...", Line hesitated before continuing, "But what scared her the most... No... What scared all of us, was her intent to kill. It was so clear that it was actually suffocating. We didn't expect any of that from the usually cheerful person."

"What Wallenstein-san needed the most was not the strength to match her opponent, but the intent to kill for her to actually use her full power against the Creature that looks like a Human. Sera-chan understood that and drowned her with killing intent so that she could develop her own.", clarified Kisuke, 'Though it seems to have backfired, 'cause that same killing intent ended up consuming her.'

It was then that Loki suddenly asked, "I was there, too, for most of the time and for her to manifest such killing intent... Just how many people has she killed?"

Line immediately shut her mouth and waited nervously. She didn't understand why Loki would suddenly ask such a question.

Kisuke didn't mind her question and answered truthfully, "She's participated in and led armies to wars spanning decades. After it had all ended, she had to exercise her authority to stabilize everything. If she couldn't develop a killing intent like that, she would have never led one of the largest armies, nor would she have survived to sit in one of the highest positions in her country."

Loki nodded in understanding, "I see... Someone who has already experienced the horrors of war from top to bottom, huh? If it's like that, then it's understandable. The fact that she can act so cheerfully like that is amazing, too."

Seeing the situation had ended well, Line sighed in relief too. However, she was curious about one thing and asked, "Wars spanning several decades, isn't it? Just how old is Serafall-san?"

Kisuke thought for a moment before answering, "I'm not too sure either and she'll surely try to kill me if I attempt to investigate it. But she's way older than Riveria-san, that's for sure."

"What!? Isn't she a Human!?"

Kisuke just smiled at her and replied, "Line-chan, people of her strength have a life expectancy beyond common sense. Once you've reached a certain stage of Magic or Ki, you'll also gain a body strong enough to contend with them. At that point, you'll be beyond healthy and diseases and failures of the body would be the least of your concern."

Before Line could say anything back, the other members of the Loki Familia finally arrived with Finn leading the group, "Loki, we're here. Kisuke Urahara, welcome to the Twilight Manor. We're sorry for making you wait."

"Don't worry about it. Loki-sama and Line-chan were here with me and I'm the one who came unannounced. I apologize for that."

As Line stood up, Finn, Riveria and Gareth all sat down surrounding Loki while the rest just gathered around them. But instead of them, the first one Kisuke noticed was Ais who was hiding behind Tiona with a worried look on her face, 'She's really weak to being scolded, huh. Must be the first time she came across someone like me. I guess even Riveria-san could completely take the role of a parent for her.'

"Let's drop the formalities. That would only waste both of our time, even if we have lots of it." Finn started.

Kisuke nodded at him, "That's what I wanted. You must have already heard it, but I want the Loki Familia to take in a Xenos." Kisuke started untying the rope on the sack, "More specifically, I want Viridis-san to take care of her."

Lefiya was shocked that her name actually came up and pointed at herself nervously, "M-me?"

However, before Kisuke could answer or reveal who's in the sack, his bulging belly started squirming around before the small White Dragon peek its head outside, surprising everyone and putting them on high alert.

The Dragon did a quick scan before it excitedly leapt out of Kisuke's clothes and flew towards Ais in the back, [Aria!]

But contrary to the joyful Dragon, Ais was having a murderous look. She couldn't even hear the Dragon's 'voice', which further shocked the rest as she was already blinded with hate and rage. Without any warning, she swung her fist using all of her strength in hopes to instantly kill the Dragon.

Riveria wanted to stop her because she had a feeling that she was making a very grave mistake but it was already too late for her to interfere, "Ais!" She could only hope for Kisuke to save the Dragon.

The little Dragon finally noticed that something was not right with 'Aria' and felt extreme danger from her. However, it was already too late to return to safety and it could only watch the fist descend to it with fear.

"Danku (Splitting Void).", muttered Kisuke.

A small transparent rectangular barrier appeared in front of the Dragon and stopped Ais's fist.

Ais woke up from her stupor when she felt the pain in her fist, but before she could take it back, a small lump of Magic Power suddenly struck her forehead, sending her head back and making her kneeling in pain, "Ow!"

But thanks to that pain, she finally realized what just happened and got scared that she attempted to kill the monster that came from Kisuke, 'It's obvious that he's keeping it... What did I do?'

She immediately looked up to apologize but her words were stuck in her throat when she saw the small White Dragon floating in front of her. Not because of its form, but it's strange eyes full of emotion and currently radiating with sadness. For the first time, she was feeling guilty about trying to attack a monster and she was incredibly confused by it.

[...Aria...]

"W-what?" She finally heard its 'voice'.

But the Dragon suddenly turned and flew back to Kisuke's arms, [Aria!!!]

It was as if it was a wronged child that was seeking comfort.

Hugging it with his right arm and patting its head with her left hand, Kisuke started consoling the poor little Dragon, "Yosh, yosh. Don't cry. Uncle Kisuke is here. I already flicked the head of that bad girl so don't cry. Here, you like sweets, right?"

This surreal scene further made everyone speechless.


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Editors:

28th00: Ah, her mental state is really not kosher, huh? 

Alexander: Now it’s time for Ais to sit in Seiza and repent.

章節 727: Lysa part 2

The first one to speak up was Loki after listening to the Dragon cry out 'Aria' and 'Protect' repeatedly for a minute, "O-oi, Kisuke... Just what is that?"

"Hmm? A Dragon, obviously."

"I can see that!", Loki stood up and retorted, "But... just what!?" Even then, she didn't even know where to begin as there were so many points that needed to be cleared.

Kisuke chuckled at her and replied while stroking the head of the Dragon, "Let's take it slowly and ask away. I don't think it'll take a long time to answer your questions."

Loki sat down deflated, "So you won't explain everything from the start..."

Nodding, Kisuke answered, "That's right. You can ask any question regarding this little guy and I'll answer it."

Loki looked at him for several seconds without saying anything before sighing and turning to Finn, "Do it. You'll do a better job."

Finn knew that this was not true but still nodded at her, "Alright." He knew that Loki was giving him a chance to probe Kisuke without her interference.

But before asking anything, he first commanded, "Except for the executives, Lefiya, Raul, Aki, Alicia, Narvi, Cruz and Line, please leave for now. From here on out, topics that are incredibly important and need to be kept secret will be discussed. I hope you understand."

No one went against Finn's decision and saluted before leaving the room. Finn then faced Kisuke and said, "Although you called for everyone, I hope you don't mind this arrangement of mine."

Kisuke shook his head, "I don't mind. If this is what you want, I have nothing to say."

"Well then, first of all, is it safe?"

"In what context? Anyone and anything can become dangerous in certain situations."

"My bad. Let me change my question. Could it hurt people like us and will it do so?"

"Currently, it's not as strong as you lot, but if it's threatened, it would surely retaliate in defense. Since it's still a child, it doesn't have much control over its impulses, but it'd never hurt, or at least will never intend to hurt any bystander. But since it can understand words, it'll be easy to teach it."

Finn and the others were astonished, "It can understand words?"

"Yep~ And to demonstrate what I just said.", Kisuke then looked around and pointed at Bete, "Loga-san. Please use your scummy face and try to threaten it. But don't scare it too much, as you might get hurt."

Instantly after, Bete started scowling, "Huuh? Why do I have to do that? And you think this uselessly fat lizard could actually hurt me? I think-." But before he could finish his words, he had to shift his head to the right in a hurry to dodge a beam of light.

Bete looked back in horror and found a hole in the ceiling. If that beam of light hits him, he wouldn't be getting away from it with just a blasted eye. Slowly turning his head back, he saw the Dragon glaring at him while hiding behind Kisuke's arms.

Kisuke clapped at his performance and said with genuine admiration, "As expected of Loga-san~! Always exceeding expectations! You didn't just make it feel threatened, you also insulted it!"

"W-wha...!?" Bete then felt two hands landing on his shoulders. When he looked back, he saw the Hiryute sisters grinning and stifling their laughs, "I never thought Bete would be this cooperative.", teased Tione.

"And you did it with such vigor and enthusiasm. You've changed my opinion of you.", added Tiona.

Bete immediately shook off their hands with a bit of blush on his face, "Shut up! And hands off me!" Whether it was from embarrassment or rage was unknown.

Ignoring their ruckus, Kisuke went back to Finn while patting the Dragon's head to calm it down, "As you can see, it has power that could be dangerous if not regulated well. But since it can understand words, it'll be fine as long as you teach it when to use its abilities."

Finn nodded, "That's really surprising and impressive. But from your words just now, you intend for us to take care of it?"

Bete, Tiona and Tione finally quiet down when they heard Finn, "I would have kept it if I could, but as you've seen and heard, it has a connection with Wallenstein-san, and leaving it in her care should have been a wise decision."

Kisuke then looked towards Ais, "But it might have been too early." However, Kisuke noticed that Ais was not listening to anything they were talking about but instead, staring intently at the Dragon, 'Hmmm? This stare... What is it?... At least it's not that of hostility or anything similar.'

Everyone else recalled the scene earlier when Ais tried to kill the Dragon out of reflex, "But why did it not attack Ais back? Does it have something to do with her being the one who has to take care of it?", asked Finn immediately.

"Yes. It has something to do with this little one's origin. As you've probably guessed...", but Kisuke suddenly stopped speaking and looked in a certain direction.

Curious, everyone else also did the same and saw Ais sitting on the floor holding her arms out to the Dragon.

Conversely, the White Dragon had its reptilian eyes expanded as it saw her actions. It got very excited, but it also remembered the earlier scene and became scared. Not of being hurt, but being rejected once again.

The Dragon then looked up to Kisuke in hopes to find an answer on what to do next and it saw him just smile gently before giving it a pat on the back, "Go. It'll be fine this time."

The Dragon happily nodded and leaped out of Kisuke's arms once again and flew directly to Ais, [Aria!], it said along with a small roar of happiness that sounded more like a chirp.

And as Kisuke said, there were no accidents this time as the Dragon successfully and gently landed on Ais' wide open arms, [Aria!]

Ais didn't say any words as she tightly hugged the Dragon and closed her eyes to feel its warmth more clearly. In response, the Dragon also silently snuggled within her warmth as the two of them created a world of their own.

Everything that Ais just did was just following her instincts and she was not disappointed when she did so, because the moment she got ahold of the Dragon from who she thought she hated, it was as if a big piece of the puzzle within her heart was suddenly filled comfortably.

'What's this? What is this feeling?', asked Ais herself and after several moments, she finally found the answer to that question, 'Ah... It's the same as with mother.'

It was the warmth that she'd already forgotten. The warmth of being within her mother's arms. The warmth that she'd already lost and had been seeking all this time, but never having thought of actually finding it. She never thought that she'd find it in the most unexpected being of all. The same kind of being that she hated all her life.

Thanks to this encounter, it would grab Ais from her path of no return. For the first time ever, she was saved, not by a 'Hero', but by a 'Villain'.

Out of everyone in the room, it was Loki who found the biggest change in Ais and found it unbelievable. But seeing this also gave her a huge sense of relief. It was as if a large thorn that was in her heart, although not entirely disappearing, became incredibly small.

Loki then suddenly voiced out, "Kisuke... We won't ask any further questions if you tell us what exactly that Dragon is..."

"The suffering Spirits' last and only will. Is that enough?"

Loki nodded in satisfaction, "It's more than enough. Thank you."


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Editors:

28th00: That went differently than I expected. Quite a bit. 

Alexander: So, could it be, that she’ll convert in the future into a believer of the church of Ophis?

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