Chapter 10

The atmosphere at the hospital, busy but quiet, a lot of emergency calls, an injured person pushed into the wad room, that's how I described. "Megumin, Anita, where are you guys going?" said Aiko.

" We've got a lot of jobs to do, mom,"

"You mean, to kill that man?" said Aiko.

"Takashi's father? Yes. There's nothing to worry about us. We promise that we will come back alive, mom," said Megumin. I look at Aiko and I feel all wrong. Her eyes look down, she bites her lips as she is about to cry, and her face turns to sorrow.

"Megumin, don't say it like that. You hurt her feelings," I said. "Okasan, It'll end soon," And she agreed. But after a while, I saw Megumin's neck, like a scar on hers. It seems familiar, but aside from that. it doesn't relate to what happened recently.

"Hey guys, look what I've got," Kazuto shows five airport tickets to us.

"Wow, where do you get those?" said Lilia.

"I bought it, of course,"

"Uhm, how about Takashi?" said Megumin.

"Don't get in the fluster, I'll be there too," said Takashi. And so, everything goes smoothly.

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"Any news from Tomioka's daughters?" said Azazel.

"Well, apparently, they seem to suspect us, especially Arioch, Master," said Andras. They all stare at Arioch as he is the only one who mastered mind manipulation. Acheron, a new Diablo member, seems to be concerned about his senior.

After the meeting, everyone was dismissed, except Andras, Arioch, and his junior Acheron. "Don't you sweat it, I can handle this," said Acheron.

"I don't recommend joining them to find out who is behind this madness and mimics me for targeting me as their primary suspect," said Arioch.

After all of the discussion, suddenly a legion saw them and told them to dismiss them inside the void. "We discuss it later on," said Acheron.

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While we were inside the plane, resting our heads after the event, Megumin saw Lilia staring at Kazuto for hours. Megumin seems to be analyzing her feelings, from A to Z. "Sister, I think she has a bond with him," said Megumin.

"How can you tell it?"

"Her sights with Kazuto were too natural, her legs can not hold still, and her hands always moving her thumbs frequently," she explained.

"Well, that's normal. She was nervous about it. Maybe you'll try again next time," said Yui. But, everything Megumin said was right when they saw Lilia try to hold Kazuto's hand and whisper to his ear.

"Megumin, what did she say?" I said. So, she analyzed Lilia's mouth movement, pronunciation, and motives.

"I'm sorry... dear?" she said awkwardly.

"Try to double-check it. Maybe you missed something," said Yui. Then, she uses her ability to playback what she said, using time manipulation.

"Reverse," chanted Megumin. After that, this is what she got. "I hate you, but I love you more than my hatred. I'm sorry, dear," Yui and I look at each other, with wide eyes and jaw-dropping to hear it. They never get along, yet they love each other? Or...I got dizzy about that statement she said. That's the first time we heard that statement from both sides with different thoughts.

"Love-hate moment, right?" Megumin making jokes about it.

"Bruh, seriously?" Then she laughed.

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"Lilia-sama? Can I as you for a bit?" I asked.

"Sure. What do you want to know?"

"What relationship you have with Kazuto, if it's too private to you,"

"W-what? W-why you w-want to know about my bond with h-him?" she twitched her body side to side, both of her index fingers touching as her face turns red. Her eyes went to Kazuto, and try to say to me. "Can you keep it a secret, Anita?" she said.

"Of course, so tell me about your bond between him?" And so, she explained from the very start. Both of them had a relationship since they were first at the haven. Except, they always quarreling like there is no happy ending. Nevertheless, they, sometimes, help each other when something emergency, not to mention quarrel. In the end, they didn't separate one another.

"So, do you have any thoughts of making your relationship, I mean, a bit longer? Like, marriage?"

"We'll see about that. Right now, we settle this," said Lilia.

After we got our luggage, we straight ahead to the taxi stand. We waved for a taxi, the taxi came for us, so we insert our things inside the car trunk. Meanwhile, Kazuto and Lilia, as usual, quarreling about their sit space. "Let me sit in front, please!?" begged Lilia.

"I refuse," said Kazuto.

"Whatever. If I puke, I am at you, dear,"

"Huh, try me," Then, she stomped her fit and punch him, but not too hard from what I saw. They just like joking around, but sometimes the way they did that makes you feel resentment. When I saw Megumin stare at them, she hold her hands tight.

"What's up, Megumin?" Later on, she holds her hand like she was praying.

"Partner," said Megumin. Then, she sings.

"I also wanted it too. But, don't feel down. Let's see who gets one first. Deal?" Her face turns brightful.

"Okay, deal," she accepts the challenge.

By the time we were on the way to the hotel, that Yui already booked, suddenly, a roadblock was implemented in front of us. "We just arrived at Malaysia, and then, a roadblock. Such a trouble-making," Lilia said. We passed on and have arrived at the hotel. Hilton, known as the most expensive hotel in Malaysia. Out of the blue, someone was waiting for us.

"You might be Anita, Megumin, correct?" said a young man. He seems innocent, yet Megumin is concerned with him.

"Yes, I'm her older sister. Nice to meet you,"

"How polite are you. Let me escort you to the reception counter," he said.

Megumin starts to feel some sense of shudder. I don't know what's happening to her. Furthermore, after we settled out of room reception, we went to for our room to rest our heads and body. The mattress is very soft, the pillow is also comfortable which makes me wanna sleep. Plus, Megumin sleeps with me for a few nights before our next expedition. But, everything doesn't seem to work out.

At the midnight, I awakened with no proper reason. I look for Megumin but she's wasn't in her bed and the door was opened wide. Luckily, I didn't get seduced by a stranger or more. I went outside to find her, then heard a noise nearby. So, I rapidly went to the din, but I didn't realize the superiority just hit me. I'm able to conscious myself, and I found Megumin, fighting with that young man that morning.

"I guess I underestimate you," said the young man. She didn't speak any words to him just like she destroyed that dragon-like beast lately.

"Josho (Ascension)" she finally spoke, but at the same time, did she just say 'Ascension'?

So, she rapidly changes her form to the assassin's form. She quickly strides forward him, holding her sword, an intimidating scent I smell from her. He, without any hesitation, knocks her head, which makes her hits other rooms. Fortunately, no one was inside. She chants her ability, which is Time, to rebound the event, then when the man knocks her, she avoided it. Instead, she turned her sword and hit the man's head. He almost went senseless, the man goes forward to her, attempting to kill her with his hazardous martial arts, Dark Matter.