Chapter 171 - Her Confession

"It would actually make this old woman very happy if I can see you and the Young Master get married before this life's over."

Yayoi's wistful words made Gin frown. "Married? I didn't say anything about marriage."

The old woman frowned then. "Then is your intention towards  Miss Emi so lecherous you just want her body?"

"Of course not," Gin place a hand over his chest. "I'm not a lecher, alright?"

"Says the one who was flirting openly on national television," Yayoi countered blandly.

"I was not flirting okay? That was business socializing," he defended before leaning forward to ask softly. "Did Emi see it?"

At his worried tone, the Head Housekeeper almost smiled but didn't. "She did."

Urgh…

Gin palmed his face. He couldn't remember well everything he did, but he knew he got kissed on the cheeks a lot by foreign investors' daughters. "And you totally want me to pursue her?" he deadpanned.

"Of course." Yayoi patted his shoulder. "Remember, there's no more tragic than a love that is there but not realized. It's like tasting something that would go extinct soon. You either have a memory of it or regret not having experienced it while it's there."

"Fine," Gin sighed as he stood up. "I'll go look for the lovebirds and return their son," he said as he turned.

He was only able to take a few steps away when suddenly, something from the sky unceremoniously fell in the middle of the courtyard and landed on the ground with a loud THUD .

"What's that?" Yayoi stood up with horror on her face.

Gin immediately handed her the puppy and ran towards the form in the courtyard and was horrified as well upon recognizing the battered form of his younger brother. "Ao!"

Kazejaya Aoi lay sprawled semi-unconscious on the ground. He must have used the last ounce of energy he had to fly towards here. "Ao, what happened? Ao, wake up!"

Gin shook his younger sibling hard until he opened his eyes. He was disoriented at first, but when he saw Gin's face, he became agitated and tried to rise. Gin, of course, scooped him up easily and brought him towards the engawa where Yayoi had alerted the servants to come and prepare a room for the Young Master Aoi.

"Brother, leave me here," Aoi told his brother.

"What are you saying? How can I leave you here when you're like this?"

Kazehaya Aoi, however, shook his head as he pushed his brother away. "No, no you have to go," he kept saying as he fought hard to remain coherent. "Master Ryuu too… Portal…" he muttered.

Gin froze hearing the word. "What happened to the portal?"

"Chimera… and… Basilisk. They… killed… them. Too strong…."Aoi struggled to churn the words out of his mouth before he lost consciousness. However, his words were very clear to everyone in the room.

Chimeras and basilisks were class S type of creatures. They could easily annihilate weaker demigods, which was likely what happened to Aoi's group who was guarding the portal.

"Young Master Gin…"Yayoi looked totally horrified.

"Please take care of my brother. I'll go get Ryuu…"

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Homura Ryuu was still grinning from ear to ear minutes after he left Kazehaya Gin running after him. He sure hoped the stubborn fool would finally wake up and realize things for himself so he could finally take Emi away as his bride.

He was thinking this when he finally reached the part of the garden near the gazebo where the Suzuki siblings were having their talks. He paused and looked at them for a while, checking if he wouldn't interrupt in case they were still talking.

Suzuki Aki, however, spotted him and waved his hand. "Ryuu!" he called out before turning to his sister. "Your husband's here to fetch you," he heard him tell Ara, and Ryuu chuckled as he came forward.

"You're done?" he inquired softly as he reached them.

"Yep. She's all yours," Aki supplied with a mischievous grin as he told them goodnight.

The lovers watched the older Suzuki go until he disappeared out of their sights.

"Did your talk go well?" he asked his fiancée who had suspiciously moist pair of eyes.

Ara nodded, and he pulled her into his arms for a hug. "Crybaby," he softly told her. This only made her hold on him tighter, burying her face deeper against his chest, and Ryuu wondered what was wrong.

"Did something happen?" he asked softly.

Since she was not bawling her eyes out, it meant it wasn't something bad, but it was enough for her to be bothered like this. She remained quiet, holding onto him for a while, and he let her. He knew she was still trying to prepare herself to tell him that's why she was like this. It seemed it was something very difficult to tell, and so he smiled as he patiently waited for her to be alright.

"Kou?" she called him softly. Of course, he already had his full attention towards her even before she did.

"What is it?"

"I'm so sorry," she said, and Ryuu wondered what for. "I wasn't at all completely honest with you even if I made you promise you to be honest with me all the time."

Oh…

Well, the Koutaishidenka already felt that she was indeed hiding something from him. After all, her aura was totally different from the vague one he had seen she had when he first saw her.

At first, he thought it was because she had matured after the accident, but no. Getting drunk and spouting nonsense at his apartment in Gaienmae about a different life, her eye-color change, her strength – the one she used to beat up Sonoda, it made him think that she must be an incomplete soul that had been pieced back together.

However, all of these didn't matter. He would accept whatever she would tell him. After all, Ara was Ara – his one and only fated partner – his wife.

"Kou, you told me you're a god, right?" she asked, and he smiled and nodded. "What if I told you that I'm also a deity?"

Her voice came out small and unsure as if she was afraid that he would be mad. He wanted to reassure her that it was fine when his eyes suddenly caught sight of Gin running towards him with a wild look on his face and he stiffened.

"Ryuu!"Kazehaya Gin called as he did a signal with his hand that made ice-cold dread fill his chest.

Class S.

"What's wrong?"Ara asked, and Ryuu smiled at her and kissed the top of her head. "We have an emergency at work. I'm sorry my Princess. But can we continue to talk about this tomorrow?" he asked. And Ara reluctantly agreed.

"Thank you," he said as he leaned forward again, this time, to kiss her on the lips. "Go to sleep and take a rest so you'll have energy tomorrow for our registration okay?"

He patted her on the head and hurriedly left with Gin.

There was no time for him to change clothes so he just ran towards the other side of the courtyard, readying for flight as soon as they found a discreet corner.

"What do we have?"

"A chimera and a basilisk," Gin answered grimly, and Ryuu sighed as he held onto Kazehaya's hand and they flew up in the sky.

Great. Just great.

In the eve of his marriage registration to Ara, two, class S monsters just had to appear and wreak havoc. It might take them all night as they'd never fought one before.

TSK!

If he didn't know any better, it would feel as if someone was deliberately sabotaging his wedding day.