He’s not full-time Adventurer, nor is he the police or military. He also didn’t have permission to search his room, but Kuroda needs help, and he would be the one to help.Coming back to the house, Darrion saw a young man and a woman walking from the center hallway—the one that leads to the stairs. The woman was the same woman that opened the door for him before, while the man, he looked around 25 or so. Both of them noticed him entering and Darrion swore the woman looked surprised. Probably, she didn’t think he would return at all.Darrion greeted them politely. “Excuse me. Konnichiwa.”The woman swallowed and looked to the side. From her expression, she seemed a bit annoyed and nervous. Both edges of her lips curved downward and she tried to act nonchalantly. But Darrion noticed her body gestures were a bit different from when he met her the first time. While the young man, he immediately approached Darrion.“Yes? Hai?” His voice was heavy and slightly breathy, but he replied in uni
Shoru hid under the short table in the hang out room. Her eyes were looking brightly at all four sides that were open around her, in case the one she was trying to hide from would come to find her.No, she knew that one was coming to get her. That’s why she’s hiding.But she’s not scared at all here. Her lips twitched to a smile, if only she could, she would look very adorable.Even though there are many people here unlike in their inn, she was getting used to it quickly. It must be because there are two other lesser beasts in here that are very friendly towards her. Moreover, they easily get along with one another. Probably because they’re all small in size. Other than the pink dragonfly that was currently Shoru look out for, both Rita and herself are palm sized. But Sakura isn’t all that big either, she’s only a bit bigger than her.Talking about the pink the dragonfly, she had just flown into the room and perched on the very table Shoru was hiding under. But the little wolfy did no
“So, Jai-san, are you still curious about the Ten Guardian Clans in Shouha?” Yuta asked.Jai paused his meal. He swallowed and put his bowl of rice down as he stared down at the guy. “Yeah. Also about the dragon. Can you explain all of them to me?”Yuta smiled and nodded. “Sure. So we’ll start with the guardian clans. The first is us, the Akamine. We are the attendants of our great dragon’s needs, Lord Homura’s needs. The second is the Momoshima. They handled the agricultural of the kingdom. The third one is Iwaizumi, they’re the ones who help with royal affairs. They’re like the helpers, but most of them are very strict individuals.”“They work with the Hirabayashi clan, also one of the guardian clans, and the keeper of the law. The Hirabayashi are also a bit uptight, but not as strict.” Yuta explained.Jai frowned when he heard the fourth name. “I’ve heard of that one.”“Oh which one of has you heard of it? Takeshi Hirabayashi or Satoshi Hirabayashi?” Yuta asked him.“The latter one
Darrion went back to Kuroda’s room to do some tracing. Now, he knew just how hard it would be to trace something a few days back. He figured it would just be like in the Parlor. But that place is familiar territory, and he had Jai and Arata around to watch out for him in case anything happens. But there’s no one else here that knows about him.Moreover, the only one left in the house were himself and that despicable woman downstairs. He still had his suspicion on her after he found out she had stolen Kuroda’s wallet.It was quite obvious now that he thought about it again. He had just banged the door open, the sound would obviously attract them to check. He didn’t actually know she had stolen the wallet, he just felt something different from her previous behavior. Thankfully he listened to his instinct this time. Because he could salvage one of the crucial things needed for the investigation.However, he would keep the wallet for now and focus on Windtracing. He would have to do it fa
Darrion had a thought of stopping by the fifth house to check Kuroda, but he decided against. He would entrust Madam Uesugi with the boy for the time being. That is until he could figure out what happened to Kuro. He needed to find out.He climbed the road and out of the alleyway. He saw the restaurant right away, it was just directly across the alley he just exited. He carefully crossed the street and entered the restaurant with a jingle. From the outside, it didn’t look that big, but when he went in, it was actually quite spacious. There were some people in it already, along with Kitagawa who was sitting near the wall.“Welcome, dear brother! Where would you want to sit and what would you like?” The waitress immediately greeted him with smiles.Darrion stared at her with slight confusion, since she had just talked in Shouha. But he kinda guessed what she had asked, so he answered. “I’ll have a glass of water please, thanks. I’ll be sitting there with that man.” Darrion pointed to Ki
Yuta knew that his grandfather had not been in the capital for months. He’s the current chief of Akamine family after all, the one that attends to the Dragon’s needs. So when his grandfather didn’t know about Jai, Yuta didn’t think much.“Yuta, stand there.”He was confused at first, but since he thought his grandfather wanted to seize Jai up—just to check him out like what the elder ever did to lots of his guy friends when they come to visit. Again, he didn’t think much of it and just moved aside.However, his confusion increased tenfold when Jai was punched straight out of the room and into the garden. It was just something out of the ordinary—for him to see! That’s why he was so surprised! Along with the pets, they were also surprised! Especially Shoru, she immediately ran to her master, barking away good prayers.“Jai-san!!” Yuta exclaimed after a few seconds of processing. “Grandfather! What have you just done?!”His grandfather lowered his fist and calmly looked at him. “I just
Atsushi Kitagawa now knows why the name is familiar to him. It’s because he had read that name appeared on the paper once. But it was a special edition in the windlet newspaper, and now he remembered that the person in that section article is the same as the one dragging him upfront.The one he was just helping was none other than Darrion the Speedy Windlet.“D-Darrion-san! I have to be somewhere at 12!” The older man exclaimed in the middle of their run. He held his bag tight in his right hand.“It’s still 11 o’clock! I can easily get you anywhere by flying!” Darrion replied.“But flying is prohibited for people in Shouha!”“It’s just a lousy ticket. No big deal!” The windlet said before they sped up—Atsushi’s feet were literally flying by now as he was dragged by the blonde. The speed was overwhelming to the normal and nice guy, his eyes turned into a vortex.Darrion dragged the poor guy with his dash. He always run like that whenever he’s excited about something, even faster when h
A handsome man wearing a dark green kimono with golden linings sat on his throne. He was slightly pale, but his appearance was still absolutely attractive. His dirt colored hair was braided neatly without any hairs falling over his square face. His jade green eyes skimmed carefully the report in his hand, swiping from left to right slowly and making sure the paper was read thoroughly.‘There are so many reports…’ The man lamented silently as he made sure to not forget every single thing. There’s nothing that should escape his eyes. But all these reports that had been accumulated in his absence This throne of his is not an ordinary seat but it was a literal throne. Because this man is not an ordinary person. He is the most important person in the Fire Kingdom, the King himself.“Your Majesty. I’ve brought tea.” A young man wearing a lighter green—but still darker than the usual green—approached the royal. A tray in his hand with perfect white marble color. It looked like a very expens