Book 3: Chapter 11: Swindled

Book 3: Chapter 11: Swindled

The Station Roof

Blake lets out a groan of pain as he wakes up, pushing himself up with his left hand and holding his head with his right.

Shit, that skill never gets easier to use

His memories from before it flood his head and he jerks his head upwards to look for Scarlet, only for his eyes to widen in shock when he finds her mother sitting on a pure white cube floating in the air with a bored look on her face.

Why the fuck is the White Knight of Humanity watching over me as I was unconscious?!!

And by the looks of it, she isnt very happy about it either. Not considering the glare she turns towards him after finding him awake.

Finally awake? she says, her voice so sharp it could cut through steel. Good. Now I can leave.

White stands up from her cube, only to pause, making Blake stiffen slightly. She then glances at him again and asks, You have feelings for her, dont you?

Shit. Shit, shit, shiiit!

Blake quickly stands up and opens his mouth to refute her, only for Whites eyes to narrow as she says, Do not lie to me, making his mouth shut again on its own.

A few seconds pass before he can open it again, and he immediately says, Yes. I do.

White taps her chin a few times with her index finger without saying a word, letting Blake grow more and more frightened. Then she eventually mutters, seemingly to herself, First it was that child, Julian, then a couple random Guardians she fought, and now this one? She pauses at that before shaking her head and muttering, No, never mind. All of them lost interest eventually, their feelings only fleeting crushes. Even the boy she saved.

Blake blinks at that and frowns.

A kid fell for her? That couldnt have gone well. Good thing he lost interest. But the others shes talking about mustve been those two who propositioned her during the tournaments and were rejected. Idiots who probably thought she would be a nice one time thing before moving on again.

All in all a very good day.

On that note though, I bring up the description of my new inherent skill. An uncommon one at that.

{Blood Chains Allows the user toconjure chains made of blood, whether hardened, metallicized, or liquid blood, which bind and constrict enemies, restricting their movement, draining their blood, and draining their life energy along with it.}

My grin grows wider and wider the further into the description the System gets.

Another useful skill both at ranged and in pure offense! Not to mention its a constricting skill, which was something I lacked! Something to keep the target in place!

Man, today was such a good day!

Well, aside from Arthur almost dying, that is.

I continue lying back on my lovely recliner in the middle of my living room, briefly wondering why it is exactly that Arthur and Belle are having their argument here in the first place before deciding that I dont care. Instead I just close my eyes while significantly lowering the sensitivity of my ears to only be able to hear about a few feet around me. Something I learned I could do and have been doing so ever since to fall asleep.

Certainly one perk of not being human anymore. Or, not being mostly human anymore? Not being half human?

Whatever.

You sound like youre enjoying yourself, Tars voice echoes in my head, making me grin despite having my eyes closed.

Yeah. I really am.

And now Ill just go take a nap while those two are arguing over there.

Then I can get on Hunter XI in the morning.