#11.5: [母親] Mom

Shiro makes sure that everyone had went home before he starts conversing with his mother. "How did you know that it was me?" Izanami asked "You see, I am the type of person to suspect everyone around me. And you, mom, is the most suspicious one of them all. When I came here, as myself, and asked for a drink, you gave me one without batting an eye, without fearing that you may be kicked off your job as a barista here, and so, I talked to Noro, I told him that you did give me a drink, but I also told him to let you keep your job and to shut his mouth about what happened" he explained in a serious tone.

"Well, your brother, Kuro, and I have been living with my father in the ghoul continent ever since after I placed chains on you to block your destructive mana from flowing out any further. That is one big scar that I brought from the manor to the continent until now. But from what I can see, you have broken 2 of them, that's both good and bad" She said "Bad how?" Shiro asked "Well, when I sealed them off, your father and I had a fight, if you are to unseal it by yourself, it's a good thing, and if not, you're going to wreak havoc in Hell" she explained "But I did remove them by myself"

"You had help didn't you?"

"From the founder" he said so casually "You met the founder?" she asked in shock "Yes, apparently, his soul and my soul are one in the same, but he's been dormant ever since you sealed my mana" he explained.

"Well, that explains the strong surge of mana from back then" his mother exclaimed then sighed. "There is one thing I have to confirm though" Shiro spoke "Go ahead and ask" "Is my sister, Shizuku, related to me by blood?" he asked. "She is, but her blood is different from yours. Your blood is a combination of a demon king, and a ghoul, therefore you govern both their abilities. Your sister on the other hand is a Succubus, her mother's the same" she explained. "Furthermore, your father already had two wives before you and Kuro were even born, even before your sister" she explains further.

Shiro puts on his helmet once again and said goodbye, then left after a while of them just chatting about their lives. Shiro already laid a trap for her if she attacks the A-DL and so he doesn't need to worry about anything, although, Kuro told his mother all about his experience while fighting Shiro and has been wary of him since then.

"So much for acting, mom" Izanami heard a voice, "Shiro, go back, your father doesn't permit you to be here doesn't he?" she said. "You know, when you can make illusions that can deceive all forms of life, you are free to do whatever you may please" he said and smirked "Deceive? No matter what you do, you can't deceive a ghoul's eyes" she said looking at him by the entrance "And yet you speaking there" Shiro said behind her with a deadly grin in his face. In shock, Izanami let her blood flow and formed a scythe from it, attacking Shiro in the process.

"Violence is a barbaric manner mother" Shiro said with an evil grin.

Enveloped in fear, Izanami orders all ghouls to fall back from the human realm and attack Shiro. Once they did, Shiro thought of the last piece of chain that is sealing him, the ghoul's veins that was transplanted to him is reacting to the seal and so used it to break free.

Once free, Shiro can move freely in the shadows without fail using [Living Shadow] magic with the use of the cursed eyes.

"Damn it" Izanami exclaimed. "Mother, I think I now know why the third seal is the most difficult to reverse…" Shiro spoke from all sides of the throne room, echoing through.

"There's one more thing added to the third seal, a [Concealment] spell, to hide the fact that once broken, ghoul's veins would start rupturing and turn me into one" he said in a sinister voice, echoing inside the throne room. After the night, there were at least 500 ghouls left, including both Kuro [001], and Izanami [Queen].

Kuro came back that day in the edge of despair as his elite group of ghouls were killed one by one by Shiro's clone, and even though he is on the brink of insanity, he swore that he will become stronger to defeat his twin brother.

Since then, Shiro is branded as the [Black sheep] of the [Queen]

Kuro however, is enveloped in his training that he forgot to sleep and eat, thought, ghouls can live for a long time [about 2 years] without sleep, food, and water, being royalty, Kuro must've been hard on himself from that defeat.

Shiro returns to his father's manor, and once home, a letter was sent to him. "King Eiji might have a reason for this" he murmured and went to the royal palace. "You're seal have been completely unchained right?" he asked 'What a sharp intuition' Shiro thought "What makes you say that?" he asked "There was a massive surge of mana flowing when you came down, and so I thought you might've unsealed yourself completely" he said. "That might not be me, but just in case, where did you feel the surge?" he asked "Right at the entrance of the ghoul continent" King Eiji said.