The snow had fallen recently, covering the city streets in white.
Most adults, overwhelmed by their daily lives, were already used to this sight, so they simply ignored the scenery.
Meanwhile, in the square at the center of the city, children enjoyed the snow as if it were a treasure under their parents' supervision.
"Cover yourselves!"
"Be careful!"
There, children could be seen running and fighting, throwing snowballs at each other while laughing innocently.
Their laughter echoed through the place as they ran all over the square.
However, a bit farther away, ignoring the others, a girl of the same age slowly built a snowman in calm silence.
After forming the head, she patted it a few times before starting to look around.
Her small head moved as her blue eyes searched for the missing pieces nearby. Finally, she found a pair of small branches and picked them up.
She placed them on both sides of the middle ball as arms, then took some small stones from the ground and made a face.
Once finished, she stepped back a few meters, looking at her small creation with pride before running toward a nearby blonde woman who was watching her.
"Mom, mom, look what I made"
"I already saw it, it turned out very well" said the mother while gently stroking her head.
But as she did, the woman noticed a familiar young adult approaching, her expression quickly changed and she had to pull the girl away.
"I have something to do, why don't you go play with the others and throw snowballs?"
Hearing this, the girl pouted while hugging her mother, unwilling to separate.
"I don't want to, I don't like fighting" she said in a whisper, but at that moment
Plaf!
The girl quickly turned when she recognized the direction of the sound, there, a snowball had hit her newly made snowman.
"What are you doing? Stop!" she said, letting go of her mother and running in front of her snowman.
"Why would we?" said another child mockingly.
"Yeah, let's use her snowman as a target... Gaaah!" before he could finish, a snowball hit him directly in the chest, making him stop.
"Waaaah! It hit me"
"She's attacking us, attack her!"
Faced with the sudden battle, the little blonde kept throwing snowballs at the other children while protecting her snowman with determination.
Nearby, her mother watched her and smiled fondly for a moment, before the young adult from earlier arrived and sat beside her.
"She has good aim" he said after a while.
The woman nodded respectfully.
"It's all thanks to the main family's training"
"No need to be modest" said the young adult with a professional smile, the kind of smile of someone used to wearing a business mask. "Ai hasn't even started her training yet, only the basics, she is definitely talented"
"Then I appreciate the compliment" said the mother.
"Good, with that talent, it wouldn't be bad for her to serve the main family's heiress directly"
"The heiress?" despite her years of training, Hayasaka Nao was surprised to hear this, as far as she knew, the Shinomiya heiress had been born from an outsider and was despised by the rest of the family.
Knowing her daughter would serve her could only mean trouble, however, as someone raised within the Shinomiya system, she could only swallow her complaints and be grateful for the opportunity.
Oko Shinomiya simply stood up and left with a smile without saying anything more.
...
"Mom, mom"
"Ai, you're back, how was your first day of training?"
"It was very fun" Ai replied. "It's like raising a doll"
"...As long as you enjoy it, everything is fine, remember, I'll be here for anything you need"
Ai didn't understand why her mother said that, but she simply nodded and threw herself into her arms affectionately.
...
"Mom!"
"What is it? What made my princess angry?"
"They told me I would take care of a girl, but I don't like her"
"You don't like her? But you always liked playing with dolls, I heard Miss Kaguya is as beautiful as a doll"
"And she has as many emotions as one" Ai protested. "She doesn't talk, she doesn't react, she even looks down on me, I hate her, I'll never like her"
...
"Mom, you won't believe it"
"What is it? You're very excited"
"Miss smiled today, she looked very beautiful, like a princess"
"A princess, huh?"
"That's right, I've decided!"
"What did you decide?" Nao asked, confused.
"I'm going to make sure Miss is happy forever" Ai declared proudly.
...
"What is it?" Nao asked, noticing her daughter's unusual state.
She had already turned six, and almost a year had passed since she started training to take care of Kaguya.
"Today they told me my training will increase" Ai said with a pout.
"Didn't you always like training?"
"But they want to teach me many strange things like martial arts, using a computer, or doing a weird exercise where I have to dodge red lights"
"Doesn't that sound fun?"
"But" Ai said "I asked what it was for and they said it was for fighting, I don't like fighting"
Nao thought for a moment before answering, she lifted her daughter onto her lap and spoke.
"But you know, what if someone wants to hurt Miss?" she asked.
"Why would they want to hurt Miss?" Ai asked innocently.
"It doesn't matter why, what would happen if someone wanted to hurt her?"
"Then I would protect her" Ai said, getting off her lap and standing like a knight.
"But to protect her you need to be strong, so train hard, understand?"
"Yes, I'll train harder than anyone!"
...
"Hello"
A week later, Ai greeted her mother with a frown and puffed cheeks in a rather adorable way.
"What are you doing?"
"They told me I have to always be serious" Ai replied in a serious voice.
"Pffft"
At Nao's laughter, Ai was immediately embarrassed, blushing and covering her face.
"Mom is teasing me, she's mean!" she shouted as she ran away.
But Nao caught her before she could escape and stopped her.
"It's fine, I'll teach you that myself, within the Shinomiya family, no one is better than me at hiding emotions" Nao said, and Ai's expression changed to excitement.
Thanks to her help, Ai's poker face improved quickly, being able to fool even normal adults at the age of nine, and by ten she could even deceive trained adults, although she was still far from the Shinomiya elites.
...
Despite her poker face skills, one day, at ten years old, Ai entered with teary eyes, unable to hide her emotions, and threw herself into her mother's arms crying.
"Ai, what happened?" she asked worried.
"He... didn't move"
"Who didn't move?"
"...I don't know... he was sitting on a chair and they told me to pull the trigger, the man was screaming but then... he didn't move anymore, mom, will he be okay?"
"I'm sorry" Nao replied, hugging her daughter without daring to say anything else.
After a while, when Ai calmed down, Nao handed her a book.
"What is this?"
"It's a book, it's for writing names"
"Names?"
"That's right, I know it's hard and you don't want to do it, so those people, write them here, to remember each one, you'll see that as time passes the names will become fewer and fewer.
One day, you won't write here anymore and you'll burn this book, letting go of your past with it"
"Is it okay?"
"It isn't, but every person, just like you or me, deserves to be remembered, so write it, even if you don't want to, remember each of those names, so that when you decide to forget them, you leave that life behind completely, never looking back again, just like I did"
"...Okay" Ai replied, wiping her tears, she took a pen and wrote a name in the notebook.
That night, after Ai calmed down and fell asleep in her arms, Nao cried for the first time in years.
...
At twelve years old, Nao went to pick up her daughter from school on graduation day.
Her daughter was no longer a naive child but had become a young beauty who, if not for her acting skills and ability to blend in, would attract much more attention.
However, after waiting, she realized her daughter never came out, worried, she went to ask a teacher.
"Ai? Her uncle came to pick her up earlier, we verified his identity before letting her go, he said she had an important event" said the teacher.
"Ah... yes, I had forgotten, I'm sorry"
"Don't worry, actually, could you take these things she forgot? The school prepared some gifts for all students and a farewell event, but she missed them.
I know being part of the Hayasaka family comes with responsibilities, but she should spend more time as a normal child"
"...Yes... I... think so too" Nao said.
That night when Ai returned home, Nao asked where she had been.
"Mom, were you waiting for me?" Ai said excitedly.
"Yes, what did you do today? Why weren't you at school?"
"They sent me on a mission, a rival company hired some mercenaries" Ai replied as if it were completely normal.
"And it had to be today? It was your last day of school" Nao asked.
"Yes, apparently they were only noticed today, and if they delayed another day they would enter the country, where killing them would be much harder without causing legal trouble" Ai explained.
"And what do you think about that?"
"Think about what?" Ai asked, confused.
"Killing"
"...Of course I don't like it" Ai replied, lowering her head before the only person her poker face didn't work on.
"I have to go" Nao said, standing up.
"Do you need anything, mom?"
"It's not something you can help with, just rest well today" Nao said before leaving.
In a short time, she was already back at the Shinomiya main mansion.
"Nao, long time no see, what brings you here?" one of the gate guards asked, recognizing her.
"I need to see Gan'an, where is he?"
"Sorry, he's not here right now, he's only... one second" the guard stopped upon receiving a communication.
As he listened, he glanced at Nao before nodding.
"The young master wants to see you, you can go in, he's in his office"
"Thank you" Nao said, entering the mansion directly.
She looked at the place one last time, remembering her childhood there, before sighing and moving forward.
Guided by her memories, she quickly reached the office of the Shinomiya family's first heir, Shinomiya Oko.
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The knock was answered by a serious and deep voice.
"Come in"
Nao entered and approached the desk in a formal manner.
"Hayasaka Nao" Oko began, "35 years old, born and raised as an elite agent of the Shinomiya family, at the age of 20 she became the partner of her childhood friend and fellow agent, becoming pregnant shortly after turning 23.
While pregnant, she was granted partial freedom, allowing her to continue serving the Shinomiya family as a normal employee despite her status as a member of the Hayasaka, this was due to her incredible abilities that allowed her to complete missions that would take others a lifetime in just 13 years, which is why a special exception was made.
So, for someone who always valued freedom despite her incredible abilities, what are you doing here, looking for my father?"
"You know why I am here, young master" said Nao.
"Of course I know" Oko smiled, "Ai is identical to you, she follows the system, but at no point does she submit to it or accept it, however her love for Kaguya makes her accept being part of it to protect her.
So tell me, Hayasaka Nao, what do you offer in exchange for freeing her from this?"
"I will return" Nao replied simply.
"Oh? I thought your dream was always to escape the system, you are going to return just to take someone else out?" said Oko with surprise.
"She is not someone else, she is my daughter, it is what any normal parent would do" Nao replied.
"Yes... I suppose that is how normal families work," said Oko, "But as you know, it is not so easy to take someone out of the system without them earning it, instead, I propose a deal"
At the mention of a deal, Nao's expression turned bitter, but she could only listen without protesting.
"I will send Hayasaka on a long term high level mission, that way that mission will have priority over anything else, do not worry, it will be a mission without danger, she only has to report Kaguya's situation to me regularly" said Oko.
"So you want Ai to be your spy, I always wondered why you would personally take charge of the young lady's personal servant, so that was the reason.
After all these years, you are still the same coward without principles as always" said Nao.
"That way of speaking is typical of you, are you not afraid that I might harm you or your daughter because of it?" Oko laughed.
"Impossible, what kind of master gets offended by a dog that barks at him, especially when the dog is on a leash?"
"Ha ha, you understand me perfectly" Oko smiled "then I will take care of everything.
You can come tomorrow to pick up your uniform and tools before starting, I even took the trouble to buy you a notebook" he said mockingly before the door closed in front of him, leaving him alone in the silent room.
...
"Mom, mom, you will not believe it!"
Ai entered her room excitedly only to find her mother wearing a maid uniform, her expression changed immediately.
"Mom? Why are you wearing that?"
"I decided to go back to working full time" Nao replied, hiding her emotions.
"This... does it have something to do with me?"
"Of course not, I just feel a bit bored" Nao replied, "better tell me, what has you so excited?"
Ai did not believe her, tears quickly began to fall and she threw herself into her mother's arms as always.
"It is okay, it is okay, tell me" Nao insisted.
"Sniff... they sent me to the same school as the young lady... they told me that from now on my only mission is to watch her... sniff..."
"And why are you crying then? If it is something you always wanted"
"But... I have to report what the young lady does... is that not like betraying her?"
"Of course not, in fact they ask you to watch her because they believe the young lady will do something dangerous, but if she does nothing then it does not matter, right?"
"R-right?"
"That is right, besides, if she really plans something, you can just not inform the main family and betray them, let the young lady succeed"
"That... is that not betrayal?"
"Pffft, they completely deserve it, remember something my little Ai, the reason they treat the young lady badly and watch her is simple, they are afraid of her"
"Afraid? But my young lady is not scary"
"They are afraid, that is what matters, do you understand?"
"I understand, I will tell them when my young lady does good things, but if she does bad things I will help her"
"Good, now go, from now on we will live in the Shinomiya mansion, but I will be working and you will be serving the young lady, so we will not be able to see each other as much, even so, whenever you have a question you can talk to me or go to my room and I will answer you" said Nao.
"Waaa, I do not want to be separated from mom"
"It is okay, we will not be separated, do not worry, above all, Ai, remember that nothing bad lasts forever, endure"
...
From that day on, Ai had to start becoming more independent.
Her mother's last words before they began living separately, along with her life, made her understand that the most important thing is to endure.
She knew from her mother that when she was young she always longed for her freedom, in the end simply by enduring she achieved it.
She knew her mother loved her and did not like the path the Shinomiya designed for her, but in the end she could only endure.
The truth is that, in the end, her mother did not endure, she returned to the life she always hated, all in exchange for Ai's freedom. However, Ai would have preferred a thousand times for her mother to endure and for herself to suffer instead of her mother.
Because after all the years she lived, all the people she killed despite hating it, she kept enduring, not for herself, but for the young lady she had to take care of.
For Ai, the exact description of Kaguya is, a porcelain doll, so beautiful but so fragile at the same time, incapable of doing anything on her own, always being moved by others, and needing delicate care.
But as she grew, she realized more and more that her young lady's situation is much worse than it seems.
For the Shinomiya family she is nothing more than a political tool, and at some point she would be used for her function, most likely being forced to marry someone she does not even know.
But from Ai's point of view, Kaguya has no intention of fighting, not even of resisting her fate, not because she does not want to or lacks the character, Kaguya is the most stubborn person she knows.
But also the most intelligent, precisely because of that Kaguya knows that resisting makes no sense, the power of her family is far greater than hers and she has no way to resist, much less fight.
And Ai knows that her own power is even smaller.
With no other option, she could only turn to her mother.
...
"'How to help the young lady?'"
"Yes, I am not strong enough" Ai said, disappointed in herself.
"Then, is it not enough to find someone stronger?"
"Someone stronger?" Ai asked.
"That is right"
"But... is there someone stronger than the Shinomiya family?"
"Not at the moment"
"???"
"Pfft"
At her daughter's confused look, Nao laughed before answering.
"This is a secret, do not tell anyone, but soon there will be a way to become stronger, in the most literal sense" said Nao with her index finger on her lips without wanting to say more.
...
Exactly as her mother said, less than a month later all people within a certain age range were teleported to another world, Ai included.
After reading the instructions on how this new world worked, she immediately opened the chat room.
Having grown up alongside Kaguya, both had plans for various situations, among them being kidnapped and forced to participate in a mysterious game.
In order to cooperate without revealing to others that they were doing so, they created a special language.
"Who would have thought that what the young lady came up with after reading some horror novels would be useful" Ai muttered.
She immediately entered the chat room and began to write, after changing the keyboard language several times she wrote a message mixing different languages whose meaning was completely different from its literal translation.
Luckily, even though there were more than fifty servers just in Japan, she received a response, indicating that Kaguya was in the same server as her.
With odds of 1 out of 54, Ai was quite lucky this time.
...
One week later, Ai finally arrived at Kaguya's territory, which was already quite developed compared to the rest.
"Hayasaka, you arrived" said Kaguya with an emotion Ai had never seen before in her.
"I am glad you are fine" said Kaguya while hugging her.
"Young lady, we talk all the time through the chat system" Although Ai considered Kaguya as a younger sister and enjoyed her affection, she would never show that on the outside, so she put on her usual poker face and used one of her dry and direct comments that would offend many.
"Even so, you could have been hurt, knowing you, you would not tell me to avoid worrying me" But in front of Kaguya, who grew up with her, this did not work at all.
"Young lady, you are acting strange, or rather... normal?" Ai asked curiously upon seeing normal Kaguya instead of the ice princess Kaguya.
"Hayasaka, do you not understand? This is my opportunity to change everything, to escape the power of my family.
Here we all start the same, and how far we go depends completely on us.
Not only me, I can even free you from your fate as a servant"
"There is no need, I like serving you" Ai said.
"Well... umm... it does not matter, even so I can give you everything you want to compensate you for everything you have done for me" said Kaguya after being surprised for a moment.
"Then I will be eternally grateful" Ai said with a smile.
"Stop using that formal tone" Kaguya complained.
'Everyone starts the same, that might not be entirely true, since mom knew about this situation, it is almost certain that the rest of the main family also knows and must be prepared.
Even so, this situation is unpredictable and many new variables can arise, it is the perfect environment for new heroes to emerge from the mud.
Here...' Ai looked at Kaguya, who was still smiling, today much more than she probably had in recent years, '... I will find someone who can protect you much better than me'
...
The search did not take long, with the resources of Kaguya's territory growing at alarming rates, plus Ai's abilities, it did not take long to find a fairly powerful territory.
It was actually quite far away, but using portals to the spirit realm, where distance was different due to its smaller size, Ai found a territory.
This was not intentional, she simply planned to take a shortcut in her search by traveling through the Spirit Realm, she did not expect to find a territory inside it.
Blending into the shadows, Hayasaka spied on the place, both inside the Spirit Realm and outside, where she found its territory in Gaia.
The people inside looked strong, but as a trained person she knew that most people detect others not because they are being watched, but because they feel their bad intentions.
And most abilities in Gaia, at least low level ones, work in a similar way, Ai had no bad intentions, so she hid naturally without being noticed.
And after judging the strength and character of the Lord of the territory, Hayasaka decided that she would act.
Perhaps for a normal servant turning her young lady into someone else's subordinate would seem like absolute betrayal, but Ai knew Kaguya would agree.
Above all, Ai had been summoned by Oko Shinomiya several times to report Kaguya's situation, so not only do they already know Kaguya's strength and that of her territory, but Ai witnessed the strength of Oko's territory, being much greater than Kaguya's.
After showing Kaguya the territory she discovered, she immediately decided to attack it and even made a "foolproof" plan.
...
Failed.
And Kaguya did not take long to realize that the reason for her failure was the lack of information from Ai, even so she never reproached her for it, that is the level of trust Kaguya has in Ai, thinking that she simply did not know instead of that she chose not to tell her.
Besides, Kaguya was too excited about the new resources under her command and the opportunities in front of her to worry about that.
After all, they had just joined the number one Lord in the entire world, even Ai, who had investigated his strength beforehand and was sure they would fail, had no idea of this identity, but the ease with which he defeated both of them was more than enough proof.
But what finally convinced Kaguya to follow him completely was the apparent mysterious source of information he had, knowing things beyond normal.
Ai was also surprised by this, especially when Kaito summoned her and told her not to report anything they did to anyone.
At first glance it might seem like a simple order, one that a leader gives to all his subordinates, but Ai was sure, Kaito knows. He knows her identity as a spy placed by Oko Shinomiya next to Kaguya.
And the next time Oko contacted her, she could not reveal anything no matter how much she tried, not even who her new Lord is.
Thanks to this, Ai is basically free, her only remaining wish is to allow Kaguya to free herself from her chains as well.
The following days were simply serving Kaguya as always and Kaito as she did Kaguya.
Perhaps it was the unconscious association her brain made between the two, but Ai found Kaito quite pleasant.
...
'How did I end up here?'
Ai did not understand how, but somehow she ended up reaching the final stage of the Lords' battle.
A final of three, something so strange that Ai suspected the creator of the theme miscalculated when determining the initial positions.
And as expected from someone who reached the final by luck, she got beaten badly, truly badly.
Both Kaito and Ai had reached the final, but Arata, the third finalist, seemed especially obsessed with Kaito, wanting to humiliate him, and to do so, his first idea was to hurt his subordinate in front of him while he could do nothing.
Fortunately, Kaito ended up saving her in the end.
He even carried her in his arms like a princess before taking her down from the ring and taking revenge on Arata.
'Revenge', was it revenge or did he simply want to win? Ai did not know, but to her it was revenge, to her Kaito was angry because she was hurt.
...
[Ai: Mom, mom, I have a problem]
[Nao: Ai, dear, it has been a long time since you talked to me here, what is it?]
[Ai: Mom, there is this guy, you know, my current Lord, and then he...]
[Nao:...]
[Nao: Yes, dear, you definitely like him, to think my daughter would fall in love just because she was saved like a damsel, I should have raised you better]
[Ai: Of course not, who would fall in love just because of that?]
[Nao: Then why did you contact me?]
[Ai: Tell me what I should do]
[Nao: Hehe, my little Ai is still a child deep down.
Well, from what you told me he seems like a good boy, why not try going out with him? You are young anyway and you can break up if you do not like something]
[Ai: I cannot do that, who do you think I am? I have never dated anyone]
[Nao: There is always a first time]
[Ai: But I do not know how]
[Nao: Ugh, you are a child, fine, follow my instructions...]
'Tell the young lady? Why would I do that?' Ai wondered while looking at her mother's message, her face still red.
While thinking about this she looked at Kaito nearby and her face turned even redder.
At that moment Kaguya called her and began to speak, talking about everything she had learned and the suspension bridge effect.
'Is she questioning me about this?' Ai wondered, at the same time thinking 'This could be my opportunity, although I do not know why mom thinks I should tell the young lady before acting, if mom says it then it must be correct'
While thinking about this, Kaguya hinted that Ai was hiding her feelings beneath her servant mask.
Ai opened her mouth and, without thinking, spoke.
"Hiding feelings of that sort would make no sense. Considering Koneko-sama, Mashiro-sama, us, and the newly added Lala-sama, it is clear that Kaito is not someone who rejects those emotions. Besides, during his last fight he seemed to suffer a change in mentality. Added to your plan, it is likely that he will return with a very unstable mindset.
In such a situation, the best option would be to relieve stress. Therefore, the most logical way would be to ask Koneko-sama, who already has experience, for advice on Kaito's tastes in those matters.
And, to reduce the chances of rejection, join in suddenly while he is already engaged in an intimate act with her.
Kaguya's face turned redder with each word she heard.
"W-when did you plan that? It has only been a few minutes since the last round" she said with a trembling voice.
At that moment Ai internally thanked having trained her poker face with her mother, because otherwise she would have exploded immediately.
'W-what the hell did I just say? I have not even kissed anyone and I just declared that I am going to sleep with someone.
I mean, I like Kaito... I think, but sleeping with him is not too much?
Besides, would he even accept? Kaito must already have plenty of experience and a beginner like me would surely bore him, should I ask Koneko what to do? She usually sleeps with him
Ah, but he is supposed to be the guy I chose to protect and stand by the young lady, not for me, would that be okay? Is that not like putting myself at the same level as the young lady?
I... if I do this, if I try to have a romantic relationship with Kaito, Kaito might think of me before Kaguya, that... would go against my goal.
I... what should I do?
...
PLASH
With the sound of water splashing, Ai's entire world turned completely black for an instant before everything around her blurred.
She opened her eyes, only to see iron bars in front of her trapping her inside a damp and dark cell in the basement of the Shinomiya mansion.
In front of her, Oko Shinomiya was sitting on a small stool while two guards behind him looked at her with disdain, one of them holding an empty bucket whose contents had just been thrown at her to wake her up.
"You are awake, did you have a good dream?"
"It was a good dream, I remembered my entire life until now, although I did not reach the end because I was woken up" Ai replied with a gentle smile and not a trace of fear.
"It seems you already accepted that you are going to die" said Oko, "how was your life until now?"
"Quite good" Ai replied honestly, "the first nineteen years were nothing more than a dark drama with a bit of tragedy, but the last month completely changed the genre.
It felt like a teenage romantic comedy, completely silly and full of everyday problems.
Even so, that month was enough to forget everything before.
I even realized that it has been a long time since I last wrote a name and I... really do not want to do it anymore"
"Ha ha, what a bunch of nonsense, your life was never meant to be simple, now tell us everything you know before we start torturing you" Oko laughed, mocking everything Ai had said before threatening her.
"I cannot speak, the Gaia system does not allow it"
"Do not worry, we have already made arrangements, the device on your neck is far more complex than you think, it not only suppresses your abilities, it completely cuts your connection to the Gaia system ensuring its rules do not affect you.
Now, start talking, if you think stalling will make Lucifer come to save you, forget it, we sent someone to replace you, believe me, it will take him a long time to arrive"
"Pffft"
"What is so funny?" said Oko without changing his expression at Ai's laughter.
"It is just... you, do you really think you can deceive Lucifer? Do you really think anything you prepared can stop him?
The reason you sent me to watch the young lady is because you are afraid of what she can do, so what will you do against someone who made Lady Kaguya feel powerless? What will you do against someone you cannot control with your plans and manipulations?" Ai mocked.
Oko looked at one of the guards, who immediately moved and opened the cage.
Oko stood up from the stool and entered.
At Ai's expected movement, he simply transformed his entire body into metal, making Ai's blows useless.
Then he grabbed her by the neck and lifted her off the ground.
"That was before, now the world has changed, Kaguya? I can defeat her with a single finger while with the other I take control of the family" said Oko with disdain.
Ai, unable to breathe while being choked, did not feel fear, instead a small smile appeared on her face.
'This reminds me of something'
BOOM
Followed by an explosion, Ai found herself falling as Oko had been pushed several meters away by a blow.
A firm and familiar sensation surrounded her, giving her an incredible sense of security, when she opened her eyes again, she was in Kaito's arms.
"Did they hurt you?"
"No" Ai said shaking her head before smiling, without any kind of mask "But kill them anyway"
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