We were walking in the middle of the night. Although it was late I still had plans.

-ring*

"Hm"

I heard my phone tone inside my pocket and pulled it out before turning it on. I checked the notifications and I got one from sieg?

It reads -"Leader, after last night I had a very weird dream. Also I even though I shrugged it off I ran into something unreal. Are you not home? By the way I'm here."

-wait what did he run into?

It came as no surprise he popped up at my apartment the three of us online already stay with each quite enough times although preferably with a sieg as his place was far to extravagant.

I text back -"I went for a walk.. Meet up with me at the park. Take care of your self seig"

-"alright." He responded.

Of course since we've known each other for a few years, all in good company we became close.

"Sorry about that.. By the way I have a friend of mine meeting us here. Is that alright?" I asked and looked across to the two girls I was with. They quietly walked with me while I text and even followed me to the park. When we get there I need to seriously talk to them.

"That is fine. I was expecting something like this."

"Actually I was hoping to meet someone that hangs around Sam-ra-San." Said sheigurein-san, I told her she could drop the honorific but it became this. I settled for it and the waitress who name is..

-she told me right? Hmm.. I don't wanna be rude. It should be. Keiko.. Keiko Aieko? Right that should be it.

"That so?"

"Although I'm not against it.. And since you're with me you are safe I really want you two to worry more about your safety.." I said with a perplex expression. I hoped my voice conveyed how worried I was.

"That's exactly why we're not worried."

"Cause of Sam-ra is like Sam-ra."

"Ha ha what logic is this? 76?" I asked.

"What makes you so sure I won't kidnap you?" I asked.

"..."

"..."

"You two are young and both exceedingly beautiful women after all."

"So you like these type of women?"

"Sam-ra has some taste. We're seemingly his type too." Keiko-San turned and hid her mouth with a hand while saying this as Sheigurein-San nodded.

-they turned the tables.. I can't support this.

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Immediately I attempted to change the flow of the conversation.

"Seems we reached the playground." I made a show of looking stubbornly ahead in the direction of the playground.

They looked at me a bit before glancing at each other and agreeing on a point.

"Hes changing the topic."

"Well we can expect this much he's shy around such beautiful women."

They once again nodded.

As we neared the playground I set our destination to the swings that long ago became the best activity in the park. Even after I stop visiting the park as it became a child's place to play I still enjoy this one part.

"Leader-San."

"You're here already seig?" I casually greeted the familiar voice that seemed to come from behind me however turning my head I unexpected came to see and group of millions of bats melting with red and purple lights that seemed to glow but didn't reach far. The bats melted and converged into a single person.

The person was pale with white hair that seemed taken care of yet styled like bed hair. Although the appearance was familiar with extravagant clothing he still painted the perfect picture of seig and sounded just like him.

"Seig what's going on?" I asked with a composed expression.

The girls next to me were surprised and while sheigurein-San seemed to just widen her eyes before composing her self with a smile. Keiko-San seemed to shiver uncontrollably.

"And you brought friends? How pleasant!" Seig grinned widely and his smile reached his eyes before he ran at us with an unexpected speed it was mach 1 at least but somehow even after that I managed to follow him with my eyes.

-although unexpected I have no reason to let them get hurt. Their my friends!

I immediately refused to back down and stood my ground.

"Huh?" I pushed out with my right hand and he went flying into a nearby neighborhood wall. The wall cracked and broke inwardly and seig slumped inwardly.

-what is.. Is he alright what did i do?

I slowly walked forward and neared seig and reached what I pressumed to be his corpse.

"Bats? Wait. Vampires. Shit!" I quickly pieced together everything with seig so far. I came to the conclusion this wouldn't kill him.

Instead of reaching out my hand to check on him as I intended I stared at him and waited. I watched for any signs of getting up.

-Steps.

I turned to greet the girls who came with me and they apparently calmed down although appearing less shaken they apparently gained more questions.

"He's not dead."

"Can you sense my life force now leader? How fun. And you're strong too maybe this was the dream."

"The dream?"

"Did that dream do something?"

The girls asked.

"The dream, I had one . what of it?" I responded.

Seig began to rise breaking the wall as he came and with that there was a man holding his head standing in front of a huge hole in the wall.

"What did you choose leader-San? The darkness? Or the light? Perhaps none?"

-so the dream was the same for him..

"I took the middle."

"You girls too?"

I glanced behind me to see Keiko-san nod, sheigurein-San said yes.

"Leader-San if that's how it is a list of things should have appeared according to what you thought of the path in the middle. It acts in accord to your thoughts."

"Yea that's right."

"Was it skill, ability, or being?"

"But mine wasn't specific at all."

-if only I could show them..

"So thats what happened."

"To have such a relative and simplistic understanding. If only I were like that." Sheigurein-San said.

"How? Is that really possible? I only thought it meant both paths combined meaning fallen angel." Keiko-San said.

"So the middle path was special?"

"Maybe.. I sucked the blood of some people and they apparently got what they think. Of course humans default register black as bad and light as good. Some narrowed their choices to just these two."

Sheigurein-san maintained the composed look and keiko-San flinced.

"Blood? Did you kill them?" Keiko asked switching to horrified mannerisms.

"No.." I looked at seig eyes hoping he wouldn't scare them. "Normally I would but I have orders not to ain't that right leader-San?" Seig said it proudly and they became even more frightened.

"Damnit seig why the hell do you have to act so dann sadistic now? Their strangers to you." I said as my irritation shot up.

"Even I can read the mood leader-San. You're friends are you not? Any friend of yours is friend of mine." Saying this with a cool smile seig turned his gaze past us. "So you guys still heading to the playground or you wanna come to my place?"

"Sigh." I let go my irritation before I chose our station.