A/N: Nickaido’s here. Some readers are complaining, saying there is a jump in the story. Well, it’s intentional. I did because from the beginning, the MC’s past was shrouded in mystery. If you follow the chapters closely from the beginning, you will see his past slowly being revealed. Even the recent chapters are about his past and introduce some new characters. From the start, I’ve never planned for this story to be heavily focused on his school life. It is just a temporary stop. Don’t worry, everything will be explained, and you will enjoy it because there is a lot to come.
Enjoy!!!
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Brünhild’s shoulders dropped because she knew she was to blame; how could she not? She just wanted to vent her frustration on the voice’s owner, whose appearance was far too convenient, as if it’d been watching Orpheus’s every step, able to intervene at all times. Not that she doubted this claim, she was sure of it; even her timely appearance after being named by Orpheus was probably this voice’s owner doing. The voice’s owner was watching Orpheus from the beginning. That being the case, why not act before? Why let him suffer like this? Is this part of some of his plans? To let him suffer as his left eye remains open despite his unconsciousness?
Brünhild truly wanted to know the answer to these questions; still, she chose not to probe, knowing that she didn’t have the right nor the qualification to question someone of the voice’s owner caliber.
Kaguya was surprised to see Brünhild, whose face went through a myriad of emotions in the span of a few seconds.
“Brünhild, go bring that ring I left in that room fearing that something like would happen.” The voice’s owner ordered.
Brünhild’s eyes opened wide when she heard about that Room; she couldn’t help but think about that thing trapped in that stone since that battle. Shaking her head, Brünhild nodded before disappearing, leaving the still suffering Orpheus on Kaguya’s lap.
Even if she was surprised by Brünhild’s sudden disappearance, Kaguya knew she must have her reasons; she just had to wait for her to come. In the meantime, she will take care of Orpheus; Kaguya started caressing Orpheus’s smooth black hair, which had a few strands of purple hair mixed in.
As she continued stroking his hair, complex emotions swirled inside her as she watched Orpheus in his current state. She was curious about his past, he seemed so fragile, but she could feel that he was carrying a heavy past. She wished to learn more about him. The few days they spent together were exciting. She had never felt such emotions since she was born. She wouldn’t mind going on another adventure with him.
While Kaguya was lost in thoughts, the mysterious being was observing her. She couldn’t help but notice that she had a special constitution tailored for the Ice attribute; it was an extremely rare Ice constitution. Once she became really powerful, she would be a dreadful opponent. Coming from someone of his caliber, someone who had seen everything and known everything, it was quite high praise. No wonder Orpheus was trying to make her his woman (A/N: The man assumed this on his own.)
To achieve his goal, Orpheus didn’t hesitate to let Kaguya see some things normally she wouldn’t have seen. It’s to make her more interested in him. It’s like a drug seller who sells one of the best drugs to a customer; once she tastes it, she would eventually go more.
The mysterious being was interrupted in his thoughts when Kaguya murmured.
”I wonder what is the relationship between him and the twins?”
“Who are you talking about?”
Kaguya got startled by the sudden question; she forgot that she was not the only one inside the room; she didn’t know since when Brünhild came back, and she even heard her muttering that.
“Nothing. Since when did you come back?”
Kaguya replied, avoiding Brünhild’s question. There was not that close for her to share things with her.
The latter heaved a sigh, choosing not to dwell on the matter as she replied, “I just came in, but you’re too focused in your little world to notice me.”
“Sorry about that; I was lost in my thoughts, forgetting about my surroundings.” Kaguya apologized. She was too focused that she temporarily forgot about the suffering Orpheus.
“What are you apologizing for? You did nothing wrong, nor am I blaming you for something, so stop apologizing. It suits your character and makes me look like a bully.” Brünhild replied, dismissing Kaguya, who looked at Brünhild strangely, wondering they had met so how she knew her so well to utter such words?
“I say, girls, are you not forgetting about the poor lad suffering on that girl’s lap? (Something he would be delighted by if he was awake)” The mysterious being’s voice rang out in Brünhild’s head.
Brünhild’s body stiffened as she finally remembered the poor Orpheus, whose body was still trembling.
“Sorry, master, punish me for forgetting about you. Something I should have never done, even if it was for a few minutes. Ah! You should Punish me.”
For some unknown reason, Brünhild’s words were strange. Kaguya looked at her strangely; she didn’t have time to question the latter before the voice’s owner beat her to it.
“I say, little Hilda, just leave your fantasy out; the current situation did not permit it, and besides, the object of your fantasy was out, completely unconscious; he couldn’t even hear you, so-”
“Shut up,” The blushing Brünhild shouted, interrupting the voice’s owner. Kaguya, on the other side, felt amused seeing the dignified silver-haired girl blush, something she thought cute, not that she would voice out as she didn’t want to be beaten by the flustered lady.
Meanwhile, Brünhild had regained her calm, knowing now wasn’t time to confront the voice’s owner. Ah! How much she wants to beat the voice’s owner.
And as if the voice’s owner had read her mind, the latter says, “Heh! You and I know that you can never be able to do it, not even with my current situation. Am I wrong?”
Brünhild could only slump her shoulders in resignation, not responding because she knew that what the voice’s owner said was right. Their levels were galaxies apart; even with the voice’s owner’s current situation, she doubts she would be able to put a scratch on the latter even if she was to go all out.
Deeply frustrated, Brünhild took something out of thin air, even if Kaguya was surprised that Brünhild had shown so much emotion for a moment. Instead, she focused her attention on what the latter took out.
It was a ring, a simple and plain ring as it could get; the only time noteworthy about this ring would be its purple color, the same color as Orpheus’s left eye, and also the air of ancientness surrounding this purple ring.
“Perfect, now that you bring it, you can help him wear it on his left-hand middle finger.” the voice’s owner ordered.
Brünhild immediately got to work; she helped Orpheus put on the purple ring, something the latter could not do considering his current condition.
Something astonishing happened after Brünhild put the purple on her master’s left-hand middle finger; his purple left eye, which remained unclosed since the start, started closing after his eye returned to its original crimson color. The horrific pressure disappeared alongside the purple eye, Orpheus’s body, trembling nonstop earlier, was now back to normal, and in the blink of an eye, his body regained its lost color.
It was like the saying benefiting from disaster. Orpheus was healed entirely; even the blood on his clothes disappeared as if his early condition was an illusion. However, there were still a few strands of purple hair mixed in Orpheus’s original black hair.
The girls heaved a sigh feeling reassured now that Orpheus’s complexion was back to normal. After passing Orpheus to Brünhild, something the latter didn’t find weird, Kaguya stood and bid farewell.
“Sorry, I need to get some air. Please take of him.”
Brünhild looked at the retreating Kaguya’s back; somehow, she seemed lonely before advising. Normally, she wouldn’t have done that, but for his sake, she would do anything.
“I hope I will see you often in the future as I have a few things to teach you. For example, how to make you stronger. You’re a smart woman. Never hesitate to do what you want because once you start to hesitate, you’ll stop being you.”
Kaguya’s steps stopped for a moment before she continued walking, and soon her silhouette vanished from Brünhild’s sight. As Brünhild said, she is an intelligent woman and understood what Brünhild was saying, and it was exactly what she would do. She wouldn’t hesitate anymore.
After Kaguya left, Brünhild heaved a sigh and stood up with Orpheus in her arms; she disappeared and reappeared inside a big room; there was a big King-sized bed in the middle of the room; Brünhild put Kyle on the bed after helping him remove his shoes.
She took a chair and sat on it while observing the sleeping Orpheus. Now that his hair has strands of purple hair mixed in, it gave him a certain air of mystery.
“Master’s sleeping face is so cute that I want to kiss his forehead,” Brünhild mumbled while looking at Orpheus’s sleeping face.