(***Hikaru POV***)
After a 15-minute drive, they arrived at Hikaru’s hotel tired and battle-weary. Hikaru had the hotel cleared before they arrived so they wouldn’t have to deal with any questions. Her men were also ordered not to ask any questions. The chauffeur who had come to get them saw Yoko and Zero in their true form but he simply pretended to see nothing and led them into the hotel.
“Where did Julius and Hammer go?” asked Soma as they followed the chauffeur.
“Mr. Hammer returned to his base with a bag of items and as for Mr. Julius he is currently inside the hotel.” answered the chauffeur.
“Looks like everyone’s okay so let’s rest for today and we’ll deal with the rest tomorrow.” said Zero
Heeding the advice Soma and the others saved any questions for another time as they were led to their individual rooms. When Zero enter his room, he dispelled his shadow clothing and revealed his real clothes that were in tatters from the multiple fights. Zero ripped off the tattered clothes and walked into the shower.
After taking a shower Zero felt refreshed both in body and mind. He had almost forgotten what taking a shower felt like after spending so many days in Dracula’s castle. He walked to the closet and open it to find some clothing for him. He had spent a lot of time here so the workers already knew what clothing size to get him. He wore the clothes and then proceeded to collapse on the bed.
The next day Hikaru awoke and found that the other still hadn’t awoken yet. She ordered the workers of the hotel that they shouldn’t wake up Zero and the others and that they would wait until they awoke to provide them any service. She then went to the lobby to eat breakfast and receive a report on any changes that occurred since she left.
When she arrived at the lobby she met up with Yuto the father of Mina and invited him to join her. Hikaru ordered her food and received a stack of documents along with her meal. As they were enjoying their meal Alucard exited the elevator and walked over to their table. Alucard then asked, “Where are the others?”
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“Good morning sleeping beauty did you enjoy your 15-hour nap? The others are still asleep right now. Come and join us.” said Hikaru
Taking Hikaru up on her offer Alucard took a seat at the table and order a simple meal. Yuto finished his meal so he left the 2 of them to eat as he left to take a morning walk. Hikaru was staring at him so he turned to look at her and asked, “What?”
“Nothing I’m just surprised I thought vampires just drank blood for food.” said Hikaru
“Well first of all I’m a dhampir, not a vampire. Dhampirs gain nutrients from either food or blood while vampires can eat food but only get the proper nutrients from just blood.” explained Alucard as he wiped his mouth after finishing his food.
“Thank you for the explanation.” said Hikaru with a smile as she stood up also finished with her meal and walked over to Alucard and with a cloth wipe his mouth saying, “You missed a spot.”
Hikaru then place the cloth back on the table and walked away. She didn’t look back to see that Alucard was blushing while staring at her. As she was taking her documents back to her room she ran across Mina and Soma who seem to have just awakened. Soma placed his hand on Mina’s cheek and was about to kiss her when her wings appeared out of nowhere and knocked over a vase. They turned to look at the vase and noticed Hikaru.
“We’re so sorry for breaking the vase. Even though you were nice enough to let us stay here for a while.” said Mina who bowed her head in apology after retracting her wings.
“Don’t worry too much about it. Accidents happen and that vase is decorative so it was cheap. Your father just had breakfast and went out for a walk so he should be coming back soon. Why don’t you guy head down to eat while you wait for him.” said Hikaru
“Thanks, and still we’re sorry about the vase.” said Soma as he led Mina to the elevator.
Hikaru enter her room and called the chauffeur from the previous night to her room. When he entered he asked, “What do you require Mrs. Ito”
“I need you to find a fair and trustworthy construction company to rebuild Hakuba Shrine. I want it rebuilt as soon as possible.” said Hikaru
The chauffeur bowed and said, “I understand Mrs. Ito and I shall have an estimation ready for you within 2 hours.”
When the chauffeur left Hikaru sighed as she read through the documents. They stated that a rival gang had caused an incident on their turf. A high-ranking member of the Hebi gang had come to a hostess club frequented by members of her gang. He seemed to have gotten very drunk and tried to assault a hostess when members of her gang tried to interfere the man pulled out a gun and shot out into the crowd. Luckily nobody died but 1 of her subordinates was hit by a bullet and would need to spend weeks if not months in the hospital. The bullet had struck his spine and caused some damage but until the subordinate wakes up they’re unsure if he’ll retain the ability to walk.
Hikaru would need to visit the Hebi gang personally to make them take responsibility for this and make them punish the shooter. This however would be difficult since the Hebi lead looked down upon her as a leader and would simply play it off. As she was worried about how to best handle the situation she heard a voice ask, “What the matter?”
She looked up for the document to see Zero sitting across from her. She was momentarily surprised before saying, “I didn’t hear you knock. It’s rude to come into a lady’s room without knocking. Women will hate you if don’t get rid of a habit like that.”
Zero laughed nervously as he said, “I’ll try my best to rid myself of the habit. So, what’s wrong?”