What is this situation?

Lila looked at her husband worriedly. If he didn't take the other woman's blood, he must be experiencing painful side effects.

"Take me to her."

She wanted nothing more than to stay with her husband right now. But she needed answers.

The guard led her out of the room, and she briefly looked at Soichiro.

"I'm not going to kill him."

"If you even touch a single strand of hair, you're dead," Lila warned as she left the room.

The room they placed the girl in was right beside Haruka's. In fact, there was even an adjacent door.

Lila sighed deeply. Don't think badly of the guards. They were probably confused too.

When she entered the room, she saw a woman with white-colored hair and blue eyes sitting on the bed. She wore a dazed expression as the healer explained her condition.

"I'll take over from here," Lila spoke up.

Once the healer spotted her, she bowed and quickly left. Lila sat down on the chair and examined the girl from head to toe.

'This girl has drunk Haruka's blood.' Her senses are very sharp. But, even if she drank from him. If he didn't drink from her, then nothing intimate should have happened.

"Miss Cecilia, correct?"

"Y-yes."

"The person you came with, your companion. What kind of relationship do you have?" Lila did not hesitate to question her.

"H--he is my husband!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"I see, then my husband now has two wives."

At that comment, Cecilla's eyes widened.

Lila watched as the woman stared at her neck, where Haruka's necklace hung.

Cecilla took something out of her cloak pouch. It was a silver-colored pocket watch.

She blinked when she saw the design. It looks similar to the necklace. Could it be Haruka designed something as a pair- 'Couple items.' Lila stopped herself from smiling like an idiot.

"Um, Miss Lila?" Cecilla said.

"Yes."

Cecilla sighed in relief and quickly bowed. "My apologies. I was only being cautious. There is nothing between us."

'It's true I tried to seduce him a little at the start, but that was mainly due to my parents.'

Lila paused when she heard the girl's thoughts. It seems this girl does not know how to control her hanyou powers.

"I see."

"One day, when I was getting some resources for our festival in the forest, I found Haru by the river. He was wounded badly. I didn't recognize him at first. I took him to a cabin I use as a hideout, figuring that if I brought him back to the village, my parents would try to sell him off."

"If you found him by the river, his body must have been cold."

At those words, the girl's cheeks colored, and she coughed. "Do not misunderstand. Sharing body heat is the best way to cure that type of thing. I was also frantic then. I didn't want to take him to the village."

Lila's gaze remained icy and cold. "It seems like your idea of not doing anything with my husband is stripping him and sleeping by his side naked?"

She didn't want to accuse the girl, but she disliked how she was pretending to be innocent.

"Okay, so I did have intentions! But it was truly only at the start. My parents have been trying to set me up with a few weirdos. You know how hard it is for us hanyou females, right?"

"I can relate." Lila relaxed a little.

It does seem like this girl has suffered. However, she cannot let her guard down too much. The last time she did that, Aizawa Mei did whatever she wanted.

This girl isn't like Aizawa, though; she is more outspoken.

"When he started to recover nicely, I recognized him. For a moment, I was horrified, but then I saw his mark. It was the same as mine. I was puzzled. But before I could decide what to do, my parents found me and dragged me back to the village. Haruka showed up before I got married off and helped me. Once my parents saw him and then my mark, they tried to set us up together several times. But then Mr. Zero showed up. With his appearance, my parents became cautious."

Right, even in Zane's current state. Any normal person can recognize that he is not somebody they can mess with.

"I see. I think I understand. What happened to Zero?"

"Um, we were separated when some demonic beasts appeared out of nowhere. Some weird woman led them."

'It must be Rosalia.' Lila sighed. It seems like those rumors are true. Sophia is searching for Haruka.

"Um, Miss Lila, this mark-" Cecila trailed off. "I'm a bit confused. Arent you Haru-kun's partner?"

"I should be."

"Then what is this?"

'This is so weird. I have never heard of a situation like this.' As Lika racked her brains for an answer, she suddenly heard the sound of rushing footsteps.

Lila glanced over and found Haruka standing not too far from where she was. She immediately got up, and the moment she did so, a pair of familiar arms pulled her into his embrace.

"My wife," Haruka said slowly. "I missed you."

Oh--he is so silly, that's her line! She was worried sick that something bad had happened to him.

Her thoughts broke off when she felt a pair of lips on hers. Haruka was kissing her passionately, one of his hands wrapped around her waist.

His other hand ran through the zipper of her dress. The kiss became more and more heated. Lila placed her hand on his chest and -- before she could so much make a move. She felt a familiar menacing presence.

Soichiro stood at the door angrily. "You two, that's enough!"

Haruka sighed. "I woke up and had to see that, so I had to check on you, my wife."

"Uh-"

He flicked her forehead and pinched her cheeks. "I see you drank his blood; those were some impressive marks."

Lila looked at him like she had been wronged. "Boo hoo, it's your fault! Why did you take so long? Did you want me to die of starvation?"

"Something went wrong during training, and I got transported somewhere," Haruka explained. He rubbed the back of his neck. "Unfortunately, I was too wounded, so I couldn't head back to K region."

Was he transported somewhere? That's strange. Uncle put a strong barrier up where Haruka was training. How did something like that happen?

"I'll investigate it." Soichiro held up his phone. "Austin Kiryu found Zane; he is taking him to the base."

Haruka sighed in relief.

"Karashima, make sure this fool gets some rest and give her your blood too. Otherwise, she will collapse."

"Hey, stop calling me an idiot!"

"Yeah, yeah, you two go already." Soichiro turned to Cecilia. "I have some questions for this one."

Lila wanted to intervene, but she quickly decided to leave when she saw Soichiro's expression. There is a line she shouldn't cross when it comes to him.