Love is a beautiful word. Don’t you think so too? I don’t mean your usual love relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend. I mean everyday love. It can come from yourself, your friends, your siblings, your parents, etc. It can come in any shape, like simple gifts or simple verbal love. That is why love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Well, in theory, of course.
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Natsumi POV
If I could explain the way to the church, it would be both hectic and thrilling. It’s not every day that you are being chased by an ice wolf furry that wants you to die twice with both her claws and her endless ice spears. Although I don’t think she wants to use that for now since she seems like, in her current state, she wants to kill with her sharp claws.
While I was running through the street, she jumped from building to building, breaking the walls and leaving behind some ice patches on the walls. Occasionally, she would use the wall of the building to launch herself toward me. The first few surprised me, which resulted in some of my armor on my left and right sides being broken through. Man, this has got to be my toughest enemy by far. The only enemy that can break through my armor.
It was almost like a game of cat and mouse, but the cat has supersonic speed and a two-hit armor-breaking ability, while the mouse has to look behind every so often and navigate myself to a specific place only using some memory from the past. Truly, a labor fit for Heracles.
"Man, I really need a break after this." I said this while taking another sharp turn while still being chased by Snowflake.
Snowflake used the building to slow her movement and launch herself toward me. I managed to look behind me and see it. I stopped to get a better stand and used both swords to parry Snowflake’s claws. I managed to kick her and launch her toward a building before continuing to run toward the church again. It was like that for a few times before I finally saw the church.
But at last, Snowflake had enough and just launched herself, so that she was in front of me and blocking my way toward the church.
"Is it too late for negotiating?" I asked while preparing for an attack.
Again, she doesn’t respond and just dashes toward me, I try my best not to get hit since I don’t know how much my armor can handle. So, I just go for blocking and try my best to get past her, but she isn’t letting up. As I move to the left, she follows me and continues with her attacks. The same goes when I try to move to the right or even when I try to retreat.
"Timeout, please; I am getting tired." I said this while still parrying Snowflake’s constant barrage of attacks.
I finally had enough, and after blocking both claws, I dropped my right Excalibur before giving her a hard punch on the stomach and pushing her a few steps back before retreating and catching my breath. I looked for a way to get it before realizing I had left Excalibur. Great.
Somehow, this gives me an idea of how to get through to her. It has a small chance of success, but it is better than nothing.
I finally took a deep breath before dashing toward Snowflake.
"Aha, this time I will be on the offense." I said this while closing my distance.
She didn’t say anything and just started running toward me. Finally, I slid down through Snowflake’s legs while grabbing Excalibur along the way. After I slid past her, I got on my feet before making a run toward the church.
"Try to catch me now; nice panties you have there." I said this while running toward the church with Snowflake running behind me.
It took me a while, but I managed to get Snowflake into the empty church. The first part of my plan is finished; now comes the second and harder part. Snowflake dashed toward me again, and I blocked both claws with both of my swords, but her strength was too much for me, and she sent me flying toward the church and crashing into it. I landed after breaking a few of the benches. Sorry, Father. She made her way into the church through the newly created hole. I stand back up and use an attacking posture. I have to at least wait for Fumiko or try to snap her out.
"Hey, Snowflake. Are you there?" I asked, but I was answered with a silent.
"I guess you are a Berserker, huh? Don’t worry, I will snap you back from those killer faces into your sadistic cute face again." I said it with a bit of a smirk.
She doesn’t react, and she just dashes toward me again. Here comes her attack.
"Calculi Catenae."
Suddenly, Snowflake was surrounded by multiple golden portals that shot out some sort of chain and bound her. Thank God, she is here. True to my prediction, Fumiko in her battle dress floated toward me after passing and looking at the bound Snowflake.
"Man, you must have it rough." Fumiko said after examining my current armor situation.
"You think! I need to take a rest after this." I said this while relaxing a bit.
"I can always call HQ if you want." She laughed a bit.
"I appreciate that." I said before looking at Snowflake trashing around to get out of the chain.
"Do you think that would hold out?" I asked.
"I still have a lot of AM, so I can always create more. How about you?" She asked while talking to her phone, probably asking for backup.
"I still have some. Though I don’t think I have enough to beat her." I spoke.
"So, what should we do?" She asked.
"How about."
Before I can continue, suddenly many ice spears appear out of the ground and start destroying the golden portals and the chains.
"Fumiko!" I said before preparing for a battle.
"On it." She said while floating.
Eventually, the ice spears destroy all the chains and release Snowflake from them. She then uses her claw to break all the ice spears. Her look was intimidating, to say the least, still with those red eyes and the look of someone who just wanted to kill. She also gives off a menacing aura.
"Fumiko, cover me." I said this before running toward Snowflake.
"On it." She said before creating multiple glass prisms with her staff.
As predicted, Snowflake used her skill to create multiple ice spears to block my way. Even with my speed and double Excalibur, I still have some trouble getting close.
"Speculum Prisma." Fumiko shoots many of her glass prisms between myself and Snowflake.
"Thank you, Fumiko-chan." I said while still running toward Snowflake.
Snowflake and I started to do some close combat, with neither of us backing down. We exchanged hits, with her hitting my armor and me giving her some light cuts.
"Natsumi, watch out." Fumiko said she summoned lots of golden portals.
I use both swords to push Snowflake a bit to create an opening for me to retreat.
"Take this, Cannon Orbitalis." She said this before all the portals started to shoot out some sort of golden cannonball toward Snowflake.
Unconsciously, she creates many ice spears to create a shield around herself to protect herself against cannonballs. Of course, some crashed into the shield, and some missed.
"Don’t you think it’s over yet!" She said it confidently.
Before long, those cannonballs circled the earth at the speed of light before passing Fumiko and hitting Snowflake’s shield. How the hell does that work?
"I guess I need more firepower again. Cannon Orbitalis." She said it again before all the portals started shooting out multiple cannonballs toward Snowflake.
"Hey, Natsumi. Try to get to her. I’ll keep her busy." Fumiko said this while still trying to break the wall.
"On it." I ran again toward Snowflake’s wall and started hitting it with both swords.
The moment I took my tenth swing, I knew that this was impossible to break. As soon as I break one, another just replaces it. Of course, don’t forget the constant barrage of ice spears whenever you get close. After I feel that the shield is impenetrable, I retreat.
"We are getting nowhere with this." I said this before taking a few deep breaths.
"Agreed, I will just waste my AM if I continue." Fumiko said before stopping her onslaught and closing all of her golden portals.
"What should we do now?" I asked.
"I guess nothing for now." She answered before landing on the ground.
"Unless one of us uses it." I said it after some thought.
"Let’s keep that as a last resort. Our enemy isn’t doing any harm in that state. We are safe for now." She said she was letting her guard down for a bit.
I look back at Snowflake, and suddenly a bunch of ice spears start to come out of the ground and head toward us with such speed.
"Fumiko, watch out." I said.
"Huh." Fumiko spoke with a surprised tone and didn’t realize the attacks.
I managed to push Fumiko out of the way, but I got hit by a few ice spears along the way. Though it only manages to break my armor and give me a few cuts.
"Fumiko, you're okay." I said this while checking my armor situation.
"Yeah, thank you. I should stay afloat for now." She said this before she started levitating.
"Fumiko, do you have any bigger attacks?" I said this while using my Excalibur to destroy all the ice spears and trying to get close to Snowflake.
"I can try to barrage them with attacks. That’s the most I can do for now." She said this before opening many golden portals.
"How about any plan on defeating her after breaking through her shield?" I said this while trying my best to get close to Snowflake and destroy the ice spears.
"Oh, that reminds me." She said this before grabbing something from her pocket.
"I have just so happened to borrow Hanako-chan’s artifact."
I stopped before saying, "Why didn’t you tell me that before?" I also use frustration to destroy any incoming ice spears before running toward Snowflake again.
"Sorry, I forgot. If you can manage to break a little hole, I can shoot a spear through her." She said this while preparing for an all-out attack.
"Got it. I have a way to break into it. But I need to get close." I said it with a hint of frustration.
"Leave that to me. Cannon Orbitalis." She said while trying to activate Hanako’s.
As soon as Fumiko said that, all of the golden portals started to shoot out many cannonballs toward Snowflake. All right, let’s do this.
"Excalibur, let’s do this." I said this while running toward Snowflake and slashing through any ice spears blocking my way.
With the help of Fumiko’s cannon ball, I have a somewhat clear path toward Snowflake. It took me a while to get as close as I could to Snowflake, about a meter or so. I jumped toward Snowflake while holding both swords as high as possible and as close as possible.
"Excalibur, Legendary Sword." I said this while pouring some of my AM into Excalibur.
"Legendary Sword, Activate."
My two Excalibur suddenly combined again while getting bigger and longer than usual. Also, Excalibur attack doubled in this mode. Not only that, my five Speed Boost change into five Strength Boost to make this mode the ultimate one-shot kill mode. I rarely kill a strong enemy with this, but it’s the thought that matters. The second unofficial name to this is my brute force mode.
"Exi…..Calibur…" I shouted and swung Excalibur straight through the shield.
The impact caused a little shockwave, and I managed to see that I had made a hole through the shield.
"Natsumi," Fumiko said while preparing to shoot out Athena’s spear from one of her golden portals.
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I grabbed Excalibur before jumping from the shield. As soon as I took Excalibur from the hole, many ice spears started to repair the hole at a decent pace.
"Fumiko, it’s now or never." I said this while trying to retreat back and slash through the ice spears.
"Take this." Fumiko said before shooting Athena’s spear, which is also tied up to her special chain.
The spear was shot with such speed that it managed to reach through the hole before it closed.
"Did we get her?" Fumiko said while stopping her attack.
I look around and see that no ice spear has been produced after the hit. I sighed in relief but wondered if we would manage to hurt her or kill her. Eventually, all the ice spears start to break down, including the shield.
"I guess one way to find out." I said this while waiting for the result.
All of the ice spears that surround Snowflake breakdown, leaving Snowflake in a kneeling position with a spear on her left chest and not blood but ice pouring out. I can see a slight movement from her hand, and I knew that Fumiko saw it too since she pulled the spear out with her chain, leaving Snowflake with a hole in her chest and more ice pouring out of her. I never knew she could be that brutal.
"Isn’t that a little bit too much?" I asked Fumiko.
"Sorry, it’s my reflex. I thought she was about to fight us again." She answered.
"Anyway, when will backup come? It’s almost been an hour or so." I asked frustratingly.
"HQ said that they have their hands tied at the moment. Many of their agents are still on the zombie incident." She answered back.
I sighed before walking toward a surviving bench and sitting on it.
"Can you please take care of her? I am honestly tired after the battle." I said this while laying Excalibur on my lap.
"Sure, I can do that." She said this before floating toward Snowflake.
"Time to chain you." Fumiko said before creating multiple golden portals around Snowflake.
"Calculi Catenae." She said this before all of the portals shot out chains that lifted Snowflake off the ground and bound her.
"That should hold her for a while." She said this before floating back toward me and sitting beside me.
"Did you run out of AM?" I asked Fumiko.
"I still have some left by. I still haven’t quite recovered from yesterday's battle." Fumiko said while resting her head.
"I get it." I said.
It looks like Fumiko is having trouble relaxing, so I grab Excalibur and stand it beside me, while touching Fumiko’s shoulder lightly. She looks toward me and sees me patting my lap a few times.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"You’re young; you should take some rest after a battle." I said it with a smile.
"Thank you." She answered with a light blush before taking a sleeping position with her head on my lap.
"There, there, everything will be alright." I said it with a hint of laughter.
"You don’t need to do that, Natsumi." She said this while giving a low laugh.
"It’s good to see you two having fun."
I immediately looked for the source of the voice and saw Snowflake smirking while still hanging in the air.
"How did you survive?" I asked with a hint of shock.
Fumiko must have heard me since she started to stand and grab her staff.
"I have my ways." She said it confidently.
I also stand up and grab Excalibur with both hands since, in this mode, Excalibur is heavier than usual too.
"Woah, now. Calm down, I admit defeat." She said it in a more laid-back voice.
"How can we trust you?" I said this while still holding Excalibur.
"Alright, I will remove my Artifact, but can you please patch the hole in my chest? If I remove my Artifact, I will be a goner." She spoke.
"So, the only reason you lived that way is because of your Artifact." I asked back.
"Not really, I admit you did kill my other self." She spoke.
"What do you mean by your other self?" Fumiko asked.
"The True Fenrir." She spoke.
"The True Fenrir?" I asked.
"Yes, the cold-blooded beast that will do anything and everything to kill its prey is also my Artifact Breaker." She said it confidently.
So that’s why it’s tough to break through this form. An Artifact Breaker is the ultimate weapon for any warrior. To think she used one this early.
"That isn’t the end of the story, is it?" Fumiko asked.
"Very sharp analysis. I see that’s why you have Newton’s Artifact." Snowflake spoke.
"Thank you for the compliment. Do you want to share your power?" Fumiko said it nicely.
"I would have been an idiot to do that. Now, do you want to make me useless or not?" Snowflake said while eyeing the hole in her chest.
"Fumiko, can you handle that?" I asked Fumiko.
"Fine, I’ll handle it." Fumiko said this while creating a golden portal and grabbing a bandage from it before closing the portal.
"Wow, how does that work?" Snowflake asked.
"It’s a family secret." Fumiko said while walking toward Snowflake.
"That’s not fair. I told you, my secret." Snowflake said while pouting.
"Too bad." Fumiko said while applying some bandages around Snowflake.
It took a while for Fumiko to apply bandages to Snowflake. But after making sure nothing comes out, Snowflake breaks her connection with her artifact. In her hands suddenly appeared a big fang.
"Here." Snowflake said before weakly throwing her artifact toward Fumiko.
Fumiko grabs and examines it before putting it in one of her golden portals.
"What should we do now?" Fumiko said this while walking toward Natsumi.
"Should we just take her to HQ?" I asked.
"I guess that is not a bad idea." She answered.
Out of nowhere, a giant monster crashed into the church through the wall. Me and Fumiko were surprised and prepared for another attack. After taking a clear look, the big monster wasn’t a monster like in the legends, mythologies, or fairy tales. No, it looks like Frankenstein. Oh, it’s her, the third member of my team, the 10-year-old girl with a smug and confident look. She has silver hair styled in a ponytail. She's also wearing a black shirt, a black skirt, black leggings, black shoes, and a white lab coat to finish things off.
"Don’t worry about a thing; the great Mita Riko will give all of you, peasants, her assistance." Riko said she looked both confident and proud of herself.
I walk over toward her, who is behind Frankenstein.
"Um, Natsumi Senpai." She said it nervously.
"Riko." I said, feeling my rage build up.
"Is it too late for an apology?" She asked, looking petrified.
I smacked her head with enough strength to feel some pain, but not enough to break her skull.
"Ow ow ow ow. That hurts." She said this while holding her head with both hands.
"The battle is over. What took you so long?" I asked furiously.
"There was this good ice cream shop that I wanted to visit. So, I went there first, sorry." She said this while having a little laugh.
"You really are spoiled. Please prioritize the mission." I said it harshly.
"I promise I will be a good girl from now on." She said this while rubbing her head.
I sighed before pointing toward Snowflake.
"Can you carry her to HQ using your creation?" I asked Riko.
"As you know, he has a name, and his name is Frank." She said it proudly.
"Alright, can you ask Frank to carry our enemy to HQ?" I asked in a nicer tone.
"Okey. Frank, do your stuff." She said this while pointing at Snowflake.
Frankenstein walks toward Snowflake menacingly. Fumiko sees this, and after Frankenstein is close enough to Snowflake, she releases the chains and lets her fall on Frankenstein's hand.
"Please be gentle." Snowflake said it cutely.
Frankenstein just threw her on his shoulder like a rice bag before walking back toward Riko.
"I said to be gentle." Snowflake groaned.
"Sorry, Frank can be a bit reckless sometimes." She said it innocently.
"Let us start going now." I said this before deactivating my artifact.
"Alright. Let’s go, Frank." Riko said before walking out of the church through the broken wall, with Frank following her.
"What should we do with this?" Fumiko asked.
"Like I said before, leave it to HQ." I said.
"But who is going to do the paperwork?" Fumiko asked.
At that moment, I felt my soul leave my body and enter the heavens above. But they won’t let it in, so they just throw it back at me. With my mind back on earth, the thought of countless papers on my desk, and another sleepless night. I sighed before walking through the hole that Riko made. The feeling of defeat. My old friend. Where is Yuichi when you need him?
"Don’t worry, I will help you, Natsumi." Fumiko said after deactivating her artifact.
"That’s great to hear. But I will be fine. It’s not my first-time handling paper work." I said this while giving off a light smile.
"Are you sure? Aren’t you tired?" Fumiko said while following behind me.
"I think after this I will take some rest first before reporting this to HQ." I said this while carefully walking out of the hole.
"I see." She said.
"Careful now." I said this while helping Fumiko walk out of the hole.
"Thank you, Natsumi. Wow, Riko did make a mess." She said this after walking out of the church.
"Tell me about it. She loves destruction more than her dolls." I said while reminiscing about the time when I met her room in HQ, which is full of dolls.
"Frank!!!" I heard a shout from the distance.
"That must come from Riko." I said before that I started to run toward the voice.
"Please, no more fights." Fumiko said while trying to catch up to me.
It wasn’t a long run—maybe about 3 minutes. The scene was quite normal for me but shocking, to say the least. Frank was in front of Riko with one of his arms cut off, and across them was a tall man with black hair and wearing a tuxedo. He is currently carrying Snowflake.
"Thank you for the rescue." Snowflake said.
"You have to leave your room tonight." The mysterious man said.
"Sorry, but I was thirsty for blood." Snowflake spoke while giggling.
The mysterious man moves his gaze from Snowflake toward us. Riko sees this and prepares to give a command to Frank.
"I do wish that we could fight more. But my order here is to get her out of here." He said this while carrying a cold look.
In the blink of an eye, the mysterious man sprouted two black wings from his back. Wind suddenly appears, and it makes it hard for us to see.
"Frank!!!" Riko said while blocking the wind from hitting her eyes.
Frank the Frankenstein used his hand to swipe the wind away. Yes, just his hand. After the wind disperses, the mysterious man and snowflake are nowhere to be seen.
"Dang, they got away." Riko said.
I fell on my knees and punched the ground a few times.
"Natsumi, are you alright." Fumiko said this while petting my shoulder.
"I worked so hard for nothing." I screamed.
"Not so loud, please. Frank is injured, you know." Riko said while checking Frank's injuries.
I sighed before standing up again and calling a special person in the HQ. I hope he picks up.
"Kiyoshi is speaking; how can I help you?" Kiyoshi spoke from his phone.
"Hey, Kiyoshi. It’s Natsumi." I said this from my phone.
"Ah, Natsumi Onee-san. How can I help you today?" He asked.
I could hear him grabbing some paper and pens from the call. What a nice person he is, unlike a certain girl.
"Hey, Kiyoshi. Are you still in HQ?" I asked to lighten up the mood.
"I am still in my office. Natsumi Onee-san. I was about to go to my room before you called me." He said.
"Oh, sorry about that." I apologized.
"Don’t worry about it, Natsumi Onee-san. So, what do you need?" He asked.
"Alright, it will be a long one. So, bear with me." I said.
I explain to Kiyoshi about the Snowflake situation from the beginning, which was when she walked into the café, to the part where she got picked up by the mysterious man. I also describe Snowflake and the mysterious man’s figures and looks in as much detail as I can. I also asked Fumiko and Riko for a few details that I missed.
"So, two new ones. I wonder if they have some connection to yesterday’s Caster." He theorized.
"What makes you think of that?" I asked, feeling a bit curious.
"Well, there are a few things that link both attacks, like the time, the place, and many more. But the one thing that could link things up is the God Artifact." He said.
"God Artifact?" I asked.
"Onii-chan theorized that the Caster’s artifact could be that of Anubis, the God of Funerary Practices." He said.
"So, there is a possibility that the attack was made by a God Artifact user." I asked.
"It’s not a possibility anymore; the Caster confirmed it." He said.
"I see." I said.
"And you said that the Snowflake you explained to me has a Fenrir Artifact." He said.
"Yes, Fumiko has the artifact with her currently." I said.
"Really, please send it to HQ immediately." He said it excitedly.
"I was about to also bring Snowflake there, but the mysterious man grabbed her before we got to HQ." I said this before giving a short sigh.
"Don’t worry about it too much. The artifact is already good enough for us. Also, don’t worry, I will do the paper work." He said it chillingly.
"Really?" I asked, feeling disbelief.
"Yes, I have a few assistants that can help me out. All you need is to deliver the artifact to HQ, and I will handle the rest." He said it innocently.
"Thank you, Kiyoshi. You are my savior." I said this while dropping a single tear.
"I am happy to help. I guess I will see you in HQ. Bye-bye. Natsumi Onee-san." He said this before cutting the call.
"Thank heaven for Kiyoshi. Come on, let’s get to HQ as soon as possible." I said.
"But walking there will be long. Should we take a taxi or something?" Riko said this while wiping a few sweats.
"Fumiko. Any suggestion." I asked Fumiko.
"Let me try to call my driver." Fumiko said before grabbing her phone and calling her driver.
"That is highly appreciated. Now, I think I want to rest for a bit again." I said this before sitting down on the street.
Yuichi POV
I was walking through the hall while looking up at my tablet. It’s a bit late, but Kiyoshi said that he wanted to meet me as soon as possible. So, I did. I was just done with my lectures for today before getting a simple chat from Kiyoshi, which is "Please come to HQ as soon as possible, Onii-chan." with a smiley face on the end. It’s not every day that I get a message this urgent from Kiyoshi. So, after class, I went to my dorm, took a shower, and put on some new clothes, before heading out to the nearest bus stop. I didn’t know why I just asked HQ to pick me up. I guessed I was in the mood for walking. It took me about an hour or so before I finally reached the city HQ.
As I walked toward Kiyoshi’s office, I met a few of the workers, whom I greeted along the way. It’s a busy night since we are working on yesterday’s Caster case. Even though I should be the one handling the aftermath, HQ is kind enough to handle the case. I believe it’s because it’s a national situation, so it must be handled by the government. It took me about 10 minutes before I reached Kiyoshi’s office. I knocked on the door. After Kiyoshi said to come in, I opened the door.
As I walk into the room, I see Kiyoshi checking out some sort of wolf's fang, Natsumi and Fumiko sleeping on the couch, and a girl that looked like Riko, who is one of Natsumi’s team members, playing with some dolls.
"What do you need, Kiyoshi?" I asked.
"Onii-chan, looked." Kiyoshi said this while picking up the wolf's fang and showing it to me.
"What is that?" I asked.
"You see, Natsumi Onee-san just fought a God Artifact user called Snowflake." He explained.
"A God Artifact user?" I asked again.
"Yup. How about you sit down, Onii-chan? I will explain Natsumi Onee-san’s story." He said this while putting the wolf’s fang down.
"Alright, lay it on me." I said this before grabbing a nearby chair and sitting on it.
Kiyoshi then explained to me Natsumi’s battle against Snowflake, who was the God Artifact user. He also mentioned that Snowflake used Fenrir’s Fang as her artifact. He explained the battle, where a lot of buildings had minor damage and the city’s church was destroyed. I sighed at this part since this means we will have more stuff to handle. He also explained the mysterious man incident, when he took Snowflake and left without a trace. He describes the figure as a demon since Natsumi explained to him that he had a dark aura around him and two black wings on his back. He could have some kind of ancient or modern demon as his artifact, but I need more information before making a conclusion.
"Is that all, Kiyoshi?" I said this before grabbing the wolf’s fang and examining it a bit.
"Yup, Onii-chan. Also, do you mind helping me a bit with the paperwork?" He said it with a cute smile.
"I knew you were going to say that." I said this while giving off a light laugh.
"Sorry, but I am a bit tired, Onii-chan." He said this while giving off a yawn.
"Alright, come on. Let’s take you to bed." I said before standing up.
"Onii-chan, can you carry me to bed?" He said this while holding his hand out.
"How can I say no to my little brother?" I said this before grabbing the wolf’s fang and putting it in my pocket.
I walked toward Kiyoshi before picking him up, so he is facing me.
"Comfortable?" I asked.
"Very, Onii-chan." He said this before resting his head on my right shoulder.
"Alright then." I said this before starting to walk out of the office.
"Riko, do you want to sleep here or in your room?" I asked Riko.
"There is still one more couch. So, I don’t mind sleeping here." She said.
"Alright, then. Good night, Riko." I said this before opening the door.
"Good night, Yuichi-san." She said this before playing with her dolls again.
I am currently walking toward Kiyoshi’s room, which is on the 50th floor, so I need to take the elevator to get there since his office is on the 40th floor. The elevator was not far, but there were a few workers that spotted us, and I gave them a silent sign to not disturb Kiyoshi. After I reach the elevator, I press the up button and wait for a few minutes.
The elevator arrived after about three minutes. So, as soon as the door opened, I walked into it and pressed the button to the 50th floor. After the door closes, the elevator starts moving, and your usual elevator song starts to play. I guess the song wakes up Kiyoshi since he starts to move his head a bit.
"Onii-chan, are we there yet?" He said it groggily.
"Almost, Kiyoshi." I said this while petting his head a bit to make him sleep.
"Onii-chan." He said this before giving off a yawn.
"What is it, Kiyoshi?" I said back.
"What are you going to do with the wolf’s fang?" He asked.
"After putting you to bed, I will take it to the laboratory to do some research." I said this before leaving the elevator after the door opened.
"Okay, Onii-chan. Good luck." He said this before going to sleep again.
"Thank you, Kiyoshi." I spoke.
It was a lovely night, and I could see the scenery overlooking the city from the hallway window. It took about ten minutes before I reached Kiyoshi’s room. I open it with my spare key and walk into it. It wasn’t a big room, but it wasn’t small either. There is a bed, a couch, a simple TV set, a small kitchen, a dining table set, and a fully equipped bathroom.
I laid Kiyoshi on his bed before putting a blanket over him. After a kiss on his forehead, I walk out of the room before heading out to the laboratory. Tonight will be a busy night for me.