Chapter 85

Raijin POV

When we approached the doors of the school, I kept holding her hand as she still had my coat over her face. I chuckled loudly, about what happened earlier. We were basically flying by how fast Sensei was going!

"Wasn't that so damn cool?! I nearly fell off so many times, but damn, it felt like a rollercoaster! It's been so long since I've felt adrenaline like that from a ride!" I chuckled to myself, knowing that Nikami wouldn't really talk about it.

"You'll get more than adrenaline if you ride a certain someone." She bluntly said, not even hesitating.

"Hah?" I turned my head towards her, blinking my eyes as I started to compute what she said… And turned red.

"H-hey! What the hell is up with you and saying those stupid one liners?!" I grumbled, gritting my teeth as I lightly punched her side.

We heard an explosion behind us, and I whipped my head in that direction and made a sharp inhale as my mouth was open. While Nikami didn't even bother to turn, knowing what was happening and just sighed.

I saw Keshi sensei next to a burning bike, one of the guards got hit by a tire and had a full mark on his face to support it. Some of them started to pour water on the motorcycle. When I took a step forward in that direction to help them, Nikami held my hand and wouldn't let go.

I glanced over at her, staring at me with a blank look. However, when I felt her grip tighten again, I knew that she didn't want me to go.

I simply gave a grin towards her, twisting back to her side and placing my arm over her shoulders. I leaned forward to peek at her face when she was covered by my clothing, and gave a peace sign.

Damn, she's adorable.

"Where do ya wanna go?" I asked her.

"Probably tell someone that Shukona got kidnapped." She replied, walking along with me as she just stared in the distance.

"What about Keshi Sensei?" I asked her, glancing behind at the Amethyst haired teacher that was just giggling slowly at the burning bike.

"Do you think I trust her?" She replied with a question, continuing to stare at nothing.

"Well… After all the things she pulls I wouldn't really do too… But still! She's a teacher, y'know?" I tried to convince her, chuckling nervously.

And on cue, I heard rapid footsteps toward us, Keshi waving as she flashed a bright smile.

"Wasn't that fun?! Though it's broken now… But that's fine, I got great information!" She exclaimed towards us, adjusting her messy hair.

"I would say sorry, but I guess I'm just happy we weren't blasted by that?" I glanced over at her direction, my hands still wrapped around Nikami's neck, me leaning into her.

"Sensei, My best friend Shukona Amatarini got kidnapped. By that masked girl." Nikami blurted out without hesitation, her blurred green irises stared over at Keshi. The shadows on her eyes because of my coat over her made her stares much more intense. And with those words out of her mouth, Keshi's face went cold, her mouth widening.

"Wh-what?! Wait, why didn't you tell me this earlier?!" Keshi gasped, her body tilted backwards in surprise.

"It was dangerous saying something like that outside, the walls have ears." Nikami replied, now feeling uncomfortable with being this casual with her when talking about something serious, I pulled my arm away and placed it in my pockets.

"I-I'll go tell the teachers! I'm so sorry to hear that, I'm sure the others will act quickly. The student council president wanted you to go to the library, Shiromoru-san." Keshi turned around, nearly tripping with how fast she was going, but ran.

"..." Nikami stayed silent, pulling off the coat on her head and letting it only hang it on her shoulder.

"I… I really haven't seen the extent of that girl's magic, but if the damn academy still hasn't found her… She must be sly. But Shukona will handle herself, at least until we get there!" I tried cheering her up, grinning as I saw Shoubu guarding the front of the door to the library.

"You're too trusting."

"And you're an over-thinker."

"What is there to over think in a situation like this?"

"And why can't you just let Shukona do her own thing? This is why she's dependent on you. She's strong, yet you push yourself into her situation, you fix a lot of her problems and that's why she thinks that she has to be behind you." I grumbled, turning my head to the side.

"..." Nikami stopped walking, zoning out as she stared just before we reached the library.

Hearing her stop, my heart did as well. Was I being too mean? I already said it, so I guess I can't really take it back now… Shit.

I grumbled, running my hands through my hair, making my brown locks bounce a little.

"Sorry. But someone has to say it, I know you're the type of person to not really understand why people do things sometimes... " I apologized to her, not really knowing what to say to her. I'm trying to be sincere but my guilt is suffocating, I really wish I could say it to her face. Guess my pride also plays a role in it…

"No, you were right I…" She paused, starting to walk again, her head hung low.

"I just didn't notice it, that she felt that way… That's why she said she wasn't even near our level, why she wanted to be taken instead of me… I regret everything." Nikami went to my side, covering her face as she finally understood.

Nikami's expression was filled with horror, sweating like bullets. I couldn't tell what she was thinking, as always, but I knew it was something bad. I pulled her by the shoulder, giving her at least some sort of comfort.

"She what?!" This was the first time I've ever heard of that, I thought she was actually just forced to be taken away… Not voluntarily?!

Before we both knew it, we already arrived in front of the library. And near the door blocking the entrance, was someone none other than the student council president herself. Not wanting Nikami to get her attention, I made myself more noticeable, letting go of Nikami and standing in front of Shoubu. Looking at her eye to eye.

"Why are ya in front of this place? Can I not get in?" I asked, already being pissed at what I said, I was aggravated.

"I was inside… But Ajisa-sama wanted me to block anyone from entering. I wonder what those two are doing inside…?" She chuckled, having a sly smile.

"Hah?! This is a school, we're supposed to be able to go anywhere!" I yelled over at my fellow princess, but her smile didn't budge as she kept smirking.

"Would you like me to spar you for the entranc-"

"It's unlocked." I didn't even notice that Nikami went through us, her hands on the handle and twisted it.

"Wa-wait-" Shoubu could only protest but Nikami slammed the door open and…

"Did I worry you, Sa-chan? I'm sorry… There there, I won't go away… Don't cry…"

"Sniff… You wench… You dare give me a heart attack in the middle of my reading?! You made me… sniff… So worried…"

Lo and behold… The most unbelievable shit in front of me-

I saw Kikyou senpai sitting down on the ground, her hands running through the short blonde girl who was on her lap. Ajisa had her face on the glasses girl's stomach, wrapping her tiny arms around said girl's torso.

Whispers and whines came from the smaller one, gripping Kikyou's cloak tightly as tears fell down on her face.

The slouched Kikyou looked up at us, hearing the door open and she adjusted her glasses. She had a soft smiling expression before she laid her eyes on us, then quickly switched to the usual panic she has.

"Ahahaha… Did we get in a bad time?" I asked, needing to rub my eyes to see if I looked at things clearly.

Ajisa paused, hearing me talk. I saw her slowly turn her head towards our way, her nose wrinkled and expression twisted with anger.

"Oh fuck-"

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Hi y'all! So like, I feel like this book has been going on for SUPER long and like, yk, I've never planned for this to begin with so that's why it's such a mess!

So, as you could probably tell by the pacing, I'm rushing it to end! (But it probably won't end quickly since it would still probably take a lot of chapters before I put it a close, just wanted to warn you all!) I'm so sorry to everyone who has read this wreak of a book!

By all means, I'm trying hard to make this book at least have a good closing point where you all won't be disappointed, because like holy shit is this book a mess. And to be honest, almost two years of writing a book with no planning from the start was kinda a pain to deal with! I love my characters, I love how bitchy Nikami is, how Raijin is just an angry puppy, and how nice Shukona is, but I'd probably end everything at the 2nd anniversary of this book!

And because I'm also making a new book with actual planning and probably is much more better than this one it is also kinda yuri isekai if you all are into that

But yeah! Just a simple warning for you all! Or if your confused why everything is happening all at once LMAO

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It was my first day in a new job, I don’t know why we had to wear a Victorian maid uniform in the modern days… But then again, this mansion itself felt like it was straight out of a gothic novel.

“A bit weird, yeah? Ahaha, you’ll get used to it. I don’t why the mistress wanted us to use this out of everything, but she’s pretty strict and you really don’t want to get on her bad side.” Emica, the unusually young head maid shrugged, patting me on the back as she gave me a teethy supportive grin.

The maids even call her mistress… Who really is my employer? I’ve never seen her, not even once. Emica was in charge of everything from the interview to showing me the ropes.

“And oh, one last thing, don’t ever come inside or near the mistress’s room at night. She’s a light sleeper, so just a few footsteps would wake her up. We wouldn’t want our little newbie getting yelled at on her first day, right?” Emica giggled a little, ruffling my head before turning on her heel and waved.

“Now, go do your job and clean the bottom floor first. Ciao~”

I looked at the clock to my left. It sped up as fast as I spent most of the day cleaning and greeting other maids. From what I could get, our mistress was a tall green haired woman who had her hair usually in pony tails. She was usually very cranky and rarely left her room unless she went to school or there was an event.

School huh…? She’s still learning with this big mansion? And they did say that she fully brought this house on her own without any outside help. So that was odd to me.

I took a step into the dark hallways, yawning as my throat was getting drier by the second. I really needed some water, and it's a shame that I had to walk around in such a dark-filled mansion to go to the kitchen. The dead silence was terrible, to the point where I could even hear my own heartbeat.

That was broken when a sudden snap noise came from a room, thinking that it was a robber I dashed towards the door and opened it.

What I saw wasn’t a robber.

I saw a tall lanky female cracking a boar's legs with her hands. She snapped her head at me, blood dripping from her sharp toothy mouth. I met with her glowing emerald eyes, which immediately struck me with fear. I saw a pair of long antlers sticking out of her head. My legs were shaking making me drop to the ground, I made a squeal and covered my mouth. My irises moved rapidly, continuing to gasp as I figured out what was going on.

Green hair in pigtails… Is this my boss?

Oh no.

“What are you doing here?!” She yelled out, roaring at me as she dropped the boar and focused her full attention on my poor self.

I felt a lump on my throat, making me not able to speak or even breath. She took a step forward, covering me from the soft light of the moon behind her, making me only notice her overwhelming figure.

“P-please don’t kill me-” I managed to whisper out, begging her to just leave me alone and I won’t tell anyone. I shook like a leaf, placing my forehead on the floorboards seeing my tears filled with regrets. I really screwed up this time, Oh kami-sama, please show mercy.

“… Ugh! You mortals really are so easily scared! I won’t eat you. I may have been cursed in this form, but I have elegance and common sense as to never eat a human.” She talked about elegance and common sense while blood dripped on her infinity white dress.

“I-I… Cursed?” I straightened my back, looking up at the lady in front of me.

“I used to be human, but because of greed and envy or something I turned into a flesh eating monster. A so-called Wendigo. Usually I would need to eat humans, but since I forced myself to adopt an animal only diet, you needn’t worry… What’s your name? I’ve never seen you before, and I remember everyone’s face…” She narrowed her eyes with suspicion, leaning down and getting so close to my face I could practically taste the blood on her chin.

I stared and shook by the sight of the blood. When she noticed where I was looking, she stood up and grabbed a napkin from her pockets and wiped off some of the blood on her chin.

“Forgive me, but I have every right to intimidate you right now.” She apologized.

Honestly just her existing is already intimidating enough.

“I-I’m Yasachu Kowamekuna… Miss Emica employed me as a new maid; it’s my first day.” I mumbled out, answering her question and looked to my side.

“I’m Shukona Amatarini, remember my name well. Now, we’ve set ourselves up on the wrong foot, but please do not be afraid of me.” She lent me her hand, pulling me up on my feet again.

“But I can give you a reason to be afraid of me,” She leaned into my ear, “I have specifically told Emica to warn anyone that is new to not ever come close to my room when it’s night.” She spoke softly, her soft breath caressing my sensitive skin.

“You smell quite delicious, you won’t tell anyone about this, correct?” Soothing whispers were flowing into my ears, but all I could sense was fear.

“Ye-yes!” My voice cracked, freezing up and holding my breath.

“Good. Now go.” As soon as she commanded that, I immediately bolted out of the room, slipping along the way but I ran towards my room in cold sweat.

I-I… I just want to go home…

“Did you really have to scare her away like that?” A pair of toxic green eyes entered the room from the window, having her wand make 5 rabbits float inside.

“Of course, no words would make her calm down. I could at least just make her so scared she’d never bring this up again.” Shukona folded her hands, flipping her hair behind her and glancing over at the witch.

“Thank you for hunting with me again, I enjoy your company.” Shukona went close to Nikami and gave her a tender hug, having a bright smile on her face.

“As long as you give me groceries, I hate going to the modern world.” Nikami flitched at the hug, but relaxed into it soon enough and wrapped her arms around her waist as well.

“Shut-in.”

“Victorian oldie.”

“You have such a way of words, My cold witch” Shukona snickered and rolled her eyes playfully before taking locks of Nikami’s hair and kissing it.

“I’ve already told you to not call me by that name, why are you so cheesy?” The cold witch replied, giving a small groan.

“What… Is this?” Shukona noticed something on the bare neck of the toxic eyed woman, parting her lips as she mumbled.

“Don’t think any of it, Shukon-”

“No, I will most CERTAINLY talk about this, Nika. What in the world is this?! A vampire mark?! I promised myself to never eat anything humanoid but if they dared touch you I would not hesitate to eat them!” Shukona snapped, holding Nikami by the shoulders and growled.

“Stop it, your hunger is affecting you again. I’m going to be fine, said vampire is stuck in my house as a slave before I figure something out to get rid of this.”

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Heehoo, now! See you all next week!

-Volty

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