Chapter 94

Nikami(?) POV

I walked inside the room while that witches gaze was set in my soul, I rolled my eyes as she laid Yasachu on the couch of the dorms, the moonlight barely making it through the fluttering curtains.

I stood there, leaning on the closed door while she turned on the lights with that shit eating grin she had on her face.

How annoying.

“Why me?” I asked the blue haired princess who sat down in front of Yasachu’s couch.

“Ara? Because you clearly don’t want me to be with her right? Ahaha, you look like you’re fantazing about my murder.” She let out a hearty laugh, folding her legs and leaned forward facing me.

“I wouldn’t be so unclassy, I’m daydreaming about hiring an assassin.” I spoke with no intonation, being completely flat and rolling my eyes once again and changed my attention towards Yasachu.

“Sarcasm? I never thought I’d hear that from you out of all people. You really aren’t Nikami level blunt huh? I understand why Amatarini-san is acting like a child, she has a sister complex. But you? You’re always a mystery.” She stood up and approached me, despite warning her with a glare, she placed a hand beside my head and blocked my view. What a pain this witch is.

“To think such a submissive little Kouhai would look at me with such distaste, in a way, that’s amazing.” She chuckled at me while looking down, giving me a small pat and continuing to stare with a scythe smile, sharp and curved.

“What a healthy way to look at problems.” A groan itched in my throat, glaring back up at this girl treating me like I’m some sort of circus attraction. How annoying, I hate how I can’t even punch her in the face.

“Ara ara, this isn’t that interesting. Hmm, hmm, even if you’re cursed you still don’t talk as often. I’ll have to form a complaint against that dark magic user.” She pulled away and tapped on her chin, facing towards me with a lopsided smile.

“Now then, shall we sleep? It’s been a long day for all of us. A long day especially tomorrow.” She glanced over at the couch, gesturing with her hand for me to sleep there. My eyes twitched, sleeping on a couch? Someone as great as me? Clearly this woman has been insane from the start.

“Oh don’t look at me that way Shiromoru-san! At least I’m not separating you two into different rooms! I’ll give you the bed but you’ll be with me sleeping there too.”

“I’ll take the bed.” I didn’t hesitate with my answer, her palms on the door knob and chuckled when she heard that.

“I thought you wanted to be with her?” She asked, tilting her head.

“Pride over Bride. And couldn’t I sleep in your roommate's bed?” I sighed, walking over to the entrance to her room and nodded my head to assure myself. After all, if I see her unconscious face I might just not fall asleep and keep leering at her.

“Dignity over Damsel’s huh? My roommate is already sleeping, you can’t just kick her out. A princess bed is too much even for two people, so don’t worry about it.” She walked over to her door and opened it, pausing and poked her head out to say something to me.

“And oh, Please sleep on the right side, I can’t sleep without turning to my left. I promise I won't touch you. ” Was her last words before pulling me inside and while giggling.

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I woke up, shooting up my eyes while I sat up, hair shriveled to the side.

Yesterday night was all just PLEASANT.

I never thought a full blooded royal would move so much when sleeping. While she kept her promise and never touched me, the sound of the mattress was sharp in my ears. Since when was fabric so… Loud?

"Go-good Morning! Uhm… I don't… Know what to call you? Should I ke-keep Shiromoru-sama… Or… First names? I-I don't mind nicknames too!" The first thing I saw was a pair of golden eyes widening and smiling, scratching the back of her neck.

An overwhelming sense of dread fell on my back, ears ringing to run away. I gulped, gripping the bed and inhaled.

"Shiromoru is fine." I stood up, adrenaline rushing into my legs for me to bolt out the door and scream, but I only gave a hug to Yasachu.

Damn you, why are YOU still here? Get out, stop it. Let me be myself. Your greed knows no bounds.

"O-oh! Okay…Shiromoru… Are you okay? You’re ki-kind of shaking and pale-"

"Ara ara? You two are awake?" A voice interrupted us, a sense of relief washed over me and my shoulders relaxed, that feeling was drowning me. Why her? Why are you happy at HER presence? How disgusting that seductive witch is. Don’t you understand? Now sit and stay still, stop it.

In a hurry, I lifted my arms and directed ice spikes towards the smiling princess, which she replied by using her to redirect it back in my neck.

“Tch.” I let go of Yasachu, rolling my eyes and slowly backed away to glare at her in defeat. Even in early mornings she’s still as powerful as ever, unfortunately her magic is actually not connected to actual tides in the sea. What is her weakness?

“Shi-shiromoru! Oh gosh, ugh! You little-” Yasachu gasped and held my hand while covering my palms with warmth yet fear.

Shoubu didn’t waste any time and covered Yasachu’s mouth with my ice, shutting her up while we both stared at her down. The room turned hot with rage while it was mediated with Shoubu’s splashing smile.

“Now then,” She clasped her hands together, “Let us go to the library, I know Kiyu-sama probably made an all nighter researching this mess. I’m done babysitting you two. Chop chop~” Shoubu spoke while walking away and clapping to make us hurry with her.

I know I’m not going to get rid of this stupid witch, so I have to play along for now. Yasachu held my hand with tears in her eyes, I got rid of the ice in her mouth and placed a peck on her tiny lips to warm it up and took a step forward.

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The grand door opened, students chattering cheerfully behind us despite the lockdown. Shukona covered the sleeping mage with a blanket, patting her head while we approached with silent steps.

"I'm guessing she got tired?" Shoubu asked Shukona, folding her hands.

"Yes, she kept reading all night despite my protests." Shukona answered calmly, tilted her head at the sight of me and smiled.

My shoulders lowered, exhaling softly while nodding at her. I do dislike Shukona, don't get me wrong, but my body just… Her kind gestures they…

I glanced away from her, to my hotheaded fool of a fiance peeking from behind the tall green haired female and frowned. She scratched the back of her head, not knowing what to say.

She?

Aha.

What are you talking about? That's clearly a man.

"Hey, Nika uh…" Raijin started to mumble, I raised an eyebrow at this action.

"Please call me Nikami, Prince Raijin."

"I…" He took a step back, glaring at me and Yasachu as well.

"Fuck this! Fuck everything! Fuck YOU especially Nika! Now you're telling me you're cursed?! Fuck you! Literally fuck you so much! I'm so fucking pissed, first you went ahead and got super close with Yasachu and now you're fucking-" Raijin got silenced by Shukona behind him, wailing his hands around while I only shook my head.

"I told you to call me Nikami."

Shoubu only chuckled at this sight, her grin forming higher. Amused at Shukona bowing repeatedly to her because of Raijin's profanity, the princess opened her mouth.

"Ahh… This is fun. But don't disturb Kiyu-sama please, she has done a lot for your sake." Shoubu giggled, patting the snoozing mage and tilted her head up at Raijin, smirking.

"So then, Prince Raijin, if you may…" Shoubu took my wrist, pulling on me but I didn't budge. She turned to me and yanked once again while her smile persisted. Her grip tightened while Raijin waited on why he was called, I rolled my eyes and let go of Yasachu.

"Wa-wait! why are you taking her-" Yasachu reached her arms out, stepping forward.

"Saboten-san." Shoubu called out.

"Yes, princess."

With a clunk, Saboten took the sword off it's scabbard, slicing the air to land it close to Yasachu's neck. Yasachu gulped, staring down at the blade that touched the hair of her skin.

I flinched, seeing the reflection of the grinning amusement of Shoubu's face in the sword. What does she think she's doing? I scrunched up my nose, wrinkles formed around my eyes.

"You three, talk it out." Shoubu commanded before I could even speak, moving towards Raijin and placing her hand on his shoulders.

"I hope you lessen your anger, remember, you're the only person who's thinking straight. Please be responsible." Shoubu mumbled in Raijin's ear, barely heard as a whisper. I heard it, but Shukona didn't seem to have.

My ears have always been sensitive.

That's not true, your perception is-

Shut it.

"I'll see you three later. Saboten-san, please bring Yasachu behind the school. Now that Kiyu-sama isn't here, I have to teach her a very valuable lesson." Shoubu walked past me while Shukona held me back. She gripped tightly on my shoulders, pushing my lips up and frowned.

I should really exercise more often.

Shukona is a giant, I can't possibly beat her in terms of physical strength.

The door slammed shut.

What is she even going to do with Yasachu? That witch is drastic, especially without her impulse control mage. Of course these idiots are okay with it, they haven't seen anything.

"Hey, Shu, what's my name again?" Raijin didn't seem to care, rather even satisfied with what just happened.

"Raijin Gakerumi. Why are you asking me this?" Shukona raised an eyebrow, Raijin patting her in the back.

"Great! Kiyu-senpai said your curse only happens in intervals, so that's awesome! Nika on the other hand... Ugh." Raijin simply rolled his eyes without saying anything more.

"Right, I'm cursed. I deeply apologize. I don't know what really happened or will happen in advance. I am very concerned about Nika as well." Shukona's eyes softened when she faced me, tilting her head with a smile.

"I told you, please call me Nikami."

"You're always going to be Nika! Yknow what? Because you're pissing me off I'm calling you Nika anytime that I can. Got it, Nika?" Great, seems that he's acting childish again. Why do I even deal with her?

"I am going to call you Nika not because I agree with Rai, but for my own personal reasons." Shukona folded her hands and lifted her chin up.

"You sure do like being affectionate with me, don't you? Because we both know you SURELY have a chance, Amatarini-san." I spoke in a monotone manner, however it was clear what my intentions were.

Shukona halted all movement, even her breathing as the color in her face all drained. What was left was Shukona with widened eyes, green with sickness, she covered her mouth and leaned forward.

"E-excuse me-" With a muffled apology she stepped away, out the door. I didn't even bother to think about what happened to her, or what she was doing.

How tough you are, Villainess.

The floorboards cracked beside me, I wanted to step away from the danger as soon as I possibly could but I couldn’t compare to Prince Raijin’s speed and got grabbed. I tumbled backwards, knocking down a shelf. The books fell down along with my body getting slammed on the ground, shadows covering her eyes, I couldn’t tell what Rai’s expression was. It scared me, I'm sorry.

“What a gentleman you are, Prince Raijin.” I rolled my eyes while he glared down at me, I simply scoffed and made a unmassued look. He lifted his fist and landed it next to my ear, that loud pound accompanied with a soft hiss startled me, a long trail of smoke covered her body, leading me to her eyes.

A tear landed on my face, piling up as glassy blue eyes squinted down and furrowing his eyebrows. I froze, her mouth opening,

“Why are you like this?! What made you like this?! I’m done with this! I hate everything! I want my Nika back!” Raijin whined, voice soft as an angel's lullaby. My heart was burnt, lifting up my hands and covering her cheek with my palm. Hot tears were combined with her’s, so I pulled her closer to my face. Our foreheads touching, her chocolate hair caressing my cheek and nose, we didn’t say a single word and only wept.

“You… Idiot…” Blue met green, that cat eyes of her’s dialating again.

“Sorry, I’m back.” I trailed my fingers to the back of her neck, her shivering under my touch. Both of our warm faces started to melt, our lips being held together. Pulling her closer to deepen the kiss, her chest laid on top of mine, placing her hands on my hips.

Our lips parted, hot pants came out of our mouth.

“Please remember that I love you, I apologize for everything.” Our eyes never broke contact, the beat of her heart was the same with mine.

“As you should… You frenched Yasachu in front of me! I know that wasn’t really you but still,” She averted her gaze, pouting her lips and went back to staring at me, “You should say sorry to Shukona too. She didn’t deserve that, I got the hints that she had a crush on you but… That shit was way too fucking far, I’m still going to make you responsible for what you did.” Raijin whispered in my ear.

I only let out a small  “Mmm…” to agree with her.

I could feel her breath on my neck, I flitched and flipped my head to her and sat up while she gripped my shoulders.

“Stay still…” It was that soft voice again, making me freeze up and halted my breath.

She sucked on my pale skin, I flitched and made a deep inhale while biting my lip. My chest rose up, exhaling through my teeth but I didn’t move my neck. While sucking, she bit down on my skin and pierced it with her sharp teeth.

“Raijin Gakerumi!” I called out her full name, scolding her while she pulled away with an intoxicated expression, complexion red, cheeks up, grinning like she just won against me.

“Di-did you just bite me?!” I exclaimed, covering where she placed the hickey. I crawled backwards, trying to stay away from her while I flushed pink.

“I wanted to make sure you were mine! Yasachu didn’t do that, did she?” She giggled with a high pitched voice and playful tone. I stared at her teeth, observing the fangs on her mouth and caressed my neck and gulped.

“No, she did not.” I pulled down my bangs, covering my eyes and hopefully my red ears too.

“Wh-what happened?! Are y-you two okay? I came here to give Saboten-sama’s mana gems since she broke it when she awakene-KYAAAAAHHH-” Sensei scrambled to run to us, tripping on one of the books on the floor.

Third Person POV

“Now, let me get this straight to make this easier for both of us, Yasachu Kowamekuna-san.” Shoubu stared down at the short girl while the knight kept the sword close to her skin.

“You either give me the location of Ajisa-sama or I’ll have no choice to torture you.” She adjusted her arm band, making Yasachu take a step backwards on the wall while Shoubu grinned, “And of course, an execution is always an option too.”

“You’re going to do something so inhumane?” Yasachu asked, her yellow eyes were now dead and void of any light.

“You’ve really become shameless!” Shoubu only cackled, “Of course I will. I hate to tell you, but royals are made to get used at the thought of hurting someone for information. Spies, traitors… They all get the same treatment as you.” Shoubu caressed the bruise on Yasachu’s neck, using Saboten’s sword to make a paper cut on the side of her neck.

Yasachu only glared at her, knowing she’s at a disadvantage with a blade close to her neck. She can only act so tough, she can’t die… She can’t protect her beloved if that ever happens.

“Did you know that blood is mostly made out of water? I never knew about it until just last year.” Suddenly the small cut spurted out an ungodly amount of blood, Yasachu widened her eyes and stiffened her shoulders. “After I made a man’s blood pour out of his pores, it was, quite literally, a blood bath. Do you want to see that?”

Yasachu already felt lightheaded at this action, stumbling to balance herself and ended up leaning on the wall behind her as her blurry vision focused on Shoubu’s face. She wasn’t going to give up so easily, if she finds Yuutsu… Her best friend would get in trouble.

And, that Nikami would stop loving her.

“You can’t… Ki-kill me here right now…” With her pants, Yasachu defended herself.

“Oh! I very much can! If it's for a queen, I have full permission to do so. And it hurts me to say this, but a commoner isn’t worth hurting three people that are heirs for a throne and are already in a throne.” Yasachu saw the deep dark terrible ocean in Shoubu’s eyes.

She wasn’t kidding.

She can kill her right here right now.

“If my little knight can’t have the heart to cut your head off, I’ll make another bloodbath incident. As simple as that!~”