They meet again

[3rd floor library]

In the library Derick show the footage he had taken from both encounter's the girl had with the resident's. The man then asked "How long has she being awake?"

"According to my calculation of the distance and walking speed that Kevin had to get to the office it took him 30 minutes and in addition of our walking speed and distance one our way back at the room it took us 20 minutes. And then by the time I found the miss it would have being roughly an hour."

The man than looked pensive "Only an hour has past and she already changed this much…"

He then looked at the second set of footage. There he did spot a slight chance in her aura when Noah reacted agitate, she also show a subtle chance in her speech, she went from calm to slightly hostile.

It was probably because she felt the need to protect Kevin. He then asked Derick "Does she see Kevin as a friend or as family?"

Derick responded "Kevin became her younger brother as of today."

"The way I look at it, as long as she isn't provoked or attacked she won't do anybody any harm. You can go now, and prepare some lunch she should be hungry after sleeping for so long."

As Derick was about to reply, both man hear the sound of a violin.

Mariska was in the 3rd music room and was checking and tuning the violin. When she was done she opened the doors to the balcony and started to play the piano piece she just heard. The sound was soothing, as she was in a trance of playing the song she calmed down after she was done playing Serenity she heard Noah calling to her. Marika leaned over the rail and asked 'How did it sound to you?'

Noah was baffled that this piece of music could have such an impact when it was played on a violin.

He then asked Marika "How were you able to play it so perfectly after hearing it only once?"

'When I heard you play it on the piano I could feel all the feeling's you put in this piece of music, so when somebody really put his heard in to his/ her work, I can just feel the emotion even if I see or hear it once.'

'And now I'm going to fulfill your request'

She started to play her most favorite piece of music, the music piece she was playing was called Ave Maria. She knew the piece by hard because this piece of music was the very soul reason she started to practice the violin.

As Marika had left the music room, she started to feel tired again. She looked for the closed room where she could have little peace and quiet so she could rest up a bit. She saw a plate above the door that said library room. She opened the door quietly and peeked in side. At first glance she didn't see anybody. As she closed the door behind her and walk in further, she spotted a man sitting on a sofa, he head his head leaned back and a book covered his face.

Marika who felt a sense of familiarity walk up to the sofa, she had a very hard time to fight the sleep that was hitting her. She curled up on the sofa and laid her head on his lap as she said in a sleepy voice 'Sorry to inconvenience you but I can't stay awake anymore.'

The man she used as a pillow was actually awake, he waited till hear breath became steady a pulled the book from his face. He looked at the girl who was sleeping on his lap.

"Your either pretty bold, or you just feel very comfortable with me." While he was stroking her hair.

Then there was a knock on the door. Derick had arrive with lunch. As he came in he was shocked at the sight he was seeing. There was a girl sleeping on his master's lap. The man gestured with his index finger to his lip to be as silent as possible. Derick nodded and place everything on a small coffee table. After everything was set on the table.

Derick whispered as not to disturb the girl "I'll be waiting outside, if you need me call for me."

The man looked puzzled at Derick.

As Derick replied "Master if I'm here when she wakes up she could get confused because she only saw you here when she came in. We don't want her to feel uncomfortable or threatened.

And one more thing master don't forcefully wake her up either. " Derick turned around and the left the room quietly

The man looked at the sleeping girl and chuckled to himself "You're really something else, you even got my butler to tell me what to do while you're sleeping."

After a few minutes the girl woke up from her short nap, when she notice she was resting her head on somebody's lap she jolted up and started to apologize 'I'm so sorry for using you as a pillow.'

As she suddenly hears a man say "Didn't you already apologize in advanced!?"

She straight away jumped of the sofa. But as she did, she lost her footing. The man seeing this try to pull her back, but as he was a pillow for half an hour his own legs were also numb. And they both fell down to the floor.

Suddenly a voice from outside the room asked "Master are you alright?"

The man than check on the girl who was laying on top of him and saw a painful expression on her face, he responded in slight anxiety "I'm fine, but it looks like she is in pain."

Derick came almost flying in to the room and saw that the girl had manage to cushion his masters head while they fell to the floor. Derick instructed his master to slowly lift his head, and helped Marika to slowly move her arm from the position.

As she got up with the help of Derick she asked the man 'Are you alright? Did you get hurt anywhere?'

The man who was mainly angry of himself yelled "Why are you so reckless, what if you broke your arm?"

The girl calmly responded 'Then I would have broken it, but I redder have an broken arm than for you to have an concussion or worse.'

Derick than try to calm his master down "I'll inform the family doctor to come and check out her injuries."

Marika shook her head 'That not necessary just bring me some ice, painkiller and a bandage.'

Derick then whispered to Marika "Miss please, just let the doctor come and check on you to give the master a peace of mind."

She then agreed, but also said 'Just so you know, but things like these aren't really anything to fuss about.'

She saw a knife on the table and cut her hand with it. Both man looked shocked at her action.

'Look!'

As the cut on her hand was already almost healed up.

'I heal faster than a normal human, it has always been like this my whole life, but poison are a different story, if I ever get poisoned than you can legit fuss over it. My current injuries will take at least a day or 2 to heal up. So don't call for a doctor unless my life is in a state where I can actually lose it.'

Both men were amazed at what they saw. But they were interrupted by a growling sound that came from Marika's stomach.

The master of the mansion started to laugh, "At least your body knows when it needs a meal. Let's eat for now."

"If you have any question I'll answer them for you."

'Good because I got a lot of them.' The girl said with a smile.

As they were eating Marika asked 'Where am I? I noticed that the sky outside has been in a shimmer state for a few hour now! Why is the intensity of the sun here so low?'

"As you already you have noticed you're not in the human realm anymore, this is the realm of the dark, and you're now at the moon kingdom. "

'So I'm actually in the realm of the night from the legend!' She said with a overjoyed voice.

The man looked at her questioning at her "Legend?"

'Yes… my grandmother used to tell me a the story about the time where the human realm was ruled by 2 king's one ruled by day the other by night'

"Well that isn't a mere legend, it is all true." The man then said.

The girl was in a daze but came back very soon 'So you're a few thousand year old.'

"No… time flow's different form each realm, only this mansion and its surrounds has a time flow that is similar to that of the human realm."

The man then asked the girl "You don't seem to be afraid of us… Have you met our kind before?"

'Well… that's probably because I wasn't a human to begin with or at least I'm half human. I mean which human can heal so fast or could see beings that only come out in the dark. I have met quite a lot of your kind but they never looked at me like I was a dangerous person and most of them never try to hurt me, I even made friends with a few I met.'

"Did you ever seen beings from the light?"

'Yes I have, but the few I encountered always tried to hurt me saying I should have never been born.'

The girl face look sad and depressed.

'I could never understand what I did to them… So I grew to hate them.

The girl felt the mood was a bit gloomy, so she asked another question

'Did I die that day under the tree?' She had a smile on her face.

The man was taken aback "How could she ask such a question and have a smile on her face at that!"

The man chuckled for a moment and then answered her.

"You're… really something else."

'Uhm?'

"Actually normally humans can't travel to this place or even accidentally end up here. And normal humans wouldn't supposed to see Kevin either. But you did and you yourself did travel to the place before you even died."

"As to the answer of your question did you die or not, yes and no. According to human understanding you would have been dead, but to our understanding there is a small window that a person is neither dead nor alive."

"A high ranked demon can change a human into being like us. But when you were in a state of neither life or death, I notice you weren't an ordinary human so you can say I awakened your non-human side."

'I see, but I don't feel different from before.'

"That because you did not awaken your other side to the fullest yet"

"You will gradually change over time and you won't notice it and then before you know it poof your one of us. I wonder what your new appearance will look like"

Both the man and the girl looked at the door, a man with a white coat and blond slightly curled hare hair was standing at the door, he had an old fashion doctor's bag in his hand and wore round glasses. If the girl had to place a label on this man appearance he would come close to a mad scientist.

"Your look even prettier up close, what is your name? You're a fine specimen you can help me with experimental drug."

The man that was sitting across from the girl notice a murder intent coming from Marika, but before he even could react Marika had the doctor already by the throat.

The man tried to stop Marika, but she didn't listen she was completely fixate on the doctor.

'A puny little thing like you thinks that it can touch me or even have the audacity to think he can experiment on me. Do you really want to die?' She growled at the doctor.

Suddenly Marika felt warmth from behind and something around her waist.

As a man hugged her he told her in a calm and reassuring voice "He can't hurt you as long as I'm around."

Marika remembered this voice very well so she let go of the doctor.

"Good girl, everything is fine now" as he stroke her head to calm her down.

"Cough, cough, cough"

"So the information I got from Derick was legit." The doctor said.

Marika was calm for the moment but her guard was still high up, the man put Marika back on the sofa and set down next to her. So he could stop her from potentially attacking the doctor if he did or say anything that she didn't like.

The doctor found his composure back let me introduce myself "I'm Dr. Genus Niveus"

He then took his glasses of to examine Marika.

He looked at her, but could still feel the hostility coming from her.

"So why did you call for me?" The doctor just asked.

The man next to Marika then said "Show him the hand that cushioned my head during the fall."

Marika stretched out her hand.

'I only need an ice pack, pain killer and a bandage and I'm good after 2 days of rest.' Marika said in an irritated voice

The doctor then looked at Marika's hand and said "Little girl your hand is totally broken, it will take weeks to recover."

Than Marika got annoyed she grabbed a knife from the table and cut herself again.

The doctor was baffled at first but then he saw what was happening with the cut on her hand. In mere seconds the wound had already closed up.

'Just give me a painkiller I can use for today and tomorrow, and give me the needed bandages.'

As Marika looked at the doctor she suddenly felt a chill down her spine, she notice that the doctor's eyes. He was looking at her like the same way as the doctors did back then when she was a child. Like they wanted do test on her and even dissect her.

Marika stood up and went for the window, the man that was sitting next to her slowly approached her.

"Marika he can't hurt you, I won't force you to go sit back down, but please get away from the window."

The man feared that she would jump out of the window, they were on the 3rd floor and if she jumped out of the window she could seriously get hurt. But what the man feared the most would happen. Marika's eyes were fixated at the doctor again to make sure she could fallow his every slighted move. As the man try to embrace Marika, as to preventing her from jumping down he inevitably block her sight.

In just a blink of an eye, Marika had pushed away the man in front of her and jumped out of the window.

The ground Marika landed on was soft and moist after she landed she sprinted away from the building, Just a she started to run, Kevin and Dante flew out of the building, they had a feeling that Marika felt scared and hurt.

The 3 man at the 3rd floor looked out of the window and saw her darting away unhurt.

The doctor started to speak

"Here is my assessment of the girl, she probably was traumatizing at an early age by doctors, and also she went through a lot in her life. The peculiar thing is her healing ability that is a rare ability to have even for our kind. The only known cases of this ability are your mother and your great, great grandfather's brother."

"Then there is the fact that she only woke up 3 hour ago and her strength should be only a quarter for what she has. And because she is only awake for a few hours, her trigger reaction is abnormal high, but this mental instability will subside in a few days. Just let her do whatever she want for the upcoming days. And there is another thing, next to her healing ability she also has a bonding ability."

"And my guess is that both Dante and Kevin are already affected by it."

Derick than asked "What does this mean for Kevin will be affected his whole life?"

The doctor shook his head.

"It is totally voluntarily if either of them decides to want to break the bond it will automatically break."

Derick felt a sense of relieve for his nephew it wasn't a lasting thing. He also did get a sense that Marika would let go of Kevin when if the time came for it.

Then the doctor left the painkiller's and bandage Marika asked for on the table and he then stood up.

"Master Richard this girl is special existence to us beings of the night. Please keep her close to you and guide her. Although she was a human before, you awakened her other side, she is now one of us."

Also her soul is unstable at the moment and she needs to fix that on her own. There should be a book on that in the castle library. I'll be back in 2 day's and see if her broken hand has really healed."

The doctor then left the room

Marika had run all the way to the river, she walk up to it and put her hand in the ice cold water.

Not very far away from her were Dante and Kevin observing her.

Dante then asked in a whispering voice "What should we do? We don't want to scare her and sent her running again."

Kevin was giving it a deep thought and said "Why not call out to her and slowly walk up to her?"

As the young man and the boy wanted to call for Marika a tree branches snapped under their feet a put Marika on high alert and she stood up. Soon after she hearts a boy's voice calling her.

"Sister it's me Kevin, Dante is also with me, don't be afraid."

Dante than followed up "Sis what happen to you, you to look so fearful?"

She didn't respond to their question.

As the girl felt a sense of safety from them both she dropped down to her knees and started to cry.

Both Dante and Kevin rushed over and hugged there new sister.

Dante then said "It's going to be oké, we are here for you."

As she was crying she said 'That white coat is dangerous.'

Dante and Kevin looked at each other with a questioning face.

Marika who was exhausted from everything fell asleep in their arms.

Kevin then asked Dante "Is she sleeping?"

Dante nodded, "Let's go back, Master should be worried sick, if we stay out any longer."

Dante than carried Marika on his back and Kevin was holding her hand.

Richard and Derick were standing in the big hall at the front door. Kevin and Dante went inside as quiet as possible, fearing Marika would wake up and started to run again. Kevin pressed his index fingers to his lip signaling they should not be loud. Both man nodded. Richard than whispered to bring her to his room for now.

Dante nodded and went upstairs to the 3rd floor east wing and laid her gently on the bed and whispered "Your home now, sweet dreams sister."

He closed the door silent behind him and went down stairs. 2 men and a boy were waiting for him to come down. Derick than said lets go to the kitchen, Derick was preparing some tea and snacks.

"So were did she run of to." Richard ask in a calm voice.

"To the river." Dante said.

Kevin nodded and added "sister told me that she would go there if she ever wants to be alone"

Derick than ask "Why would she go there?" as he was putting everything on a kitchen table.

Then Kevin said "That place is special to her, because that's the place she received help for the very first time in her life. And it also signifies the start of her new life."

Everybody was silent for a while and then Dante asked "So what's happened? When we found her she broke down in tears and only said; That white coat is dangerous."

Derick and Richard looks at each other.

Richard then said "She probably meant Dr. Niveus!"

Richard started to explain everything.

Dante the said in a furious voice "That baster! How dare he do this to my elder sister!"

Kevin who is pretty smart for is age than said "So according to that bastard I and Dante are bound to sister by a binding spell."

Richard nodded and added "But according to Dr. Niveus it's a voluntarily, so if you wish to break the bond you can, it's not a permanent spell, and she probably didn't even know she did it"

Dante then said "I can't speak for little Kevin but if that's how it is, it doesn't matter to me. If it helps me to notice when she is in trouble, than I will never break this spell.

Kevin added "And even if she breaks it, she will always be my sister no matter what."

"And one more things you two… Dr. Bastard told us that for the upcoming days she should do whatever she wants to do, so if she wants to be alone let her. If she wants to beat up someone just let her go."

Dr. Niveus would probably the first one in 2 days' time.

"Are you going out Master?" Dante then asked Richard.

"Yes I need to go back to the castle for something, and Derick is coming with me so I'm counting on her two brothers to keep save."

"And another thing Dr. Niveus will come back here to check on Marika's injuries. And don't let Marika be alone with him."

Both Kevin and Dante nodded.

Then Richard and Derick left the kitchen.

Derick than said "Master let's go after Marika wakes up and you told her that you'll be going out for some time, so she won't feel like you ignore her or have abandoned her."

Richard then nodded and went upstairs to his room. As he walked in he saw a beautiful girl sleeping on his bed. After all the commotion that happened a few hours ago and the fear he felt of her running away, not to mention the scare she gave him from jumping down, Richard felt very tired and wanted to take a nap.

As Richard lay down next to Marika, he pulled her in his embrace and whispered "Don't scare me like that ever again."

As Richard fell asleep next to Marika, he felt he finally could have a peaceful sleep for the first time in 10 years.

After a few hours' Marika woke up she felt warmth on her back and something heavy on her waist. As she turned around she saw Richard sleeping next to her. She thought he must have been worried for her because she ran away like that.

She returned the hug and whispered 'I'm sorry for letting you worry about me to exhaustion, I won't do it again.'

She then got of the bed and looked around, she found a bathroom and started to freshen herself up.

At that time Richard woke up from his nap and noticed that Marika was gone. He feared she ran off again. He called for her in a slight panicked voice.

Than Marika voice came from the bathroom 'I'm in here.'

Richard sighted a sigh in relieve. Marika came out of the bathroom 'I promise to you I won't let you worry about me that will make you so exhausted' she said with a smile.

Richard looked at the girl and everything about her looked like she was back to the way she was before.

"Marika! I'm going out for a bit with Derick"

The girl looked at him questioning but she said 'Alright! When will you return then?'

"I'll be back in two week"

'Oké! '

Marika didn't show it all, but Richard noticed that she felt a bit solemn.

He then said "The doctor said that for the upcoming days you should do whatever you want, If you wanne sleep all day just do it, if you want to be alone I already told Kevin and Dante to leave you be."

Marika perked up a bit. There were a few thing's she really wanted to do, like reading a few book's and start teaching Kevin and Dante. But Marika flinched at what she heard next.

"Dr. Niveus will come by in 2 days to check on your injuries"

Richard noticed the change in Marika and walk up to her. He pulled her in his arms and placed his chin on her head.

"It's going to be fine, your brother's Kevin and Dante will be with you."

Marika nodded.

"And besides you can beat him up if you feel treated, just don't kill him"

"It was his own advice anyway, to let you do whatever you want the upcoming days. "

Marika then laughed at the remark's Richard

'All right then, have a safe trip Master'

Richard looked at her and said in a pouting voice "Am I a stranger to you?"

'Well you never told me you name so….'

"Richard! Richard Lunam."

'Alright Mr. Lunam' as she said with a teasing look on her face.

There was a knock on the door, and Derick walked in to the room with a tray in his hand. On it was the medicine and bandage the doctor left for Marika. As Marika look at the painkiller she got furious.

'That freaking idiot…. Does he want me to be in a coma for 3 days?'

Derick looked at Marika and asked "Do you have knowledge about medicine?"

'Yes I have some knowledge, enough to know he left me a sedative and not a painkiller.'

'Derick do you have first aid kit somewhere lying around?'

"Yes I brought it with me just in case."

'Let me see it.'

As Marika went through the first aid kit she found painkiller's she showed the differences in the packages.

'I'm going to kill him!' She said furious.

Richard looked at Marika without saying a word.

'Ohh yeh, I can't kill him, I forgot about that!'

Then she looked at Richard with pleading eyes.

'Uhm… well… Can I at least beat him till the brink of death?'

Richard started to laugh out loud, because she looked so cute when she honestly asked him that.

"That is fine, but I have to miss out on seeing you beat him up."

"Give me your hand."

Marika obediently gave her hand to Richard and he started to bandage het hand.

As he was bandage her hand she was thinking of something.

'Do you really want to see me beat up that bastard?'

"Well I would be a good show to watch, and I wonder how strong you are and what type of fighting skill you use"

Then Marika asked 'Is there a way to record it and then send you the images?'

Derick then said "Leave that to Kevin."

Marika nodded.

Richard was done bandaging up Marika's hand.

"Can you promise me two things while I'm gone?" Richard asked Marika.

'Sure!'

"First: stay in my bedroom while I'm out it's the safest place in the whole mansion, nobody can walk in this room unless they have permission. And I gave Dante and Kevin permission to enter this room if you're in trouble.

'Sure no problem.'

"Second: While I'm gone don't overexert yourself and if you run in to trouble go to your brother's, don't run away or jump out of any window."

'Oké I promise.'

"Miss can I asked you for a favor?" Derick asked.

Marika then frowned.

'Firstly don't call me Miss, I'm not the lady of this mansion… so just call me Marika! And if you really want to stay formal because of your job code then call me Miss Marika!'

Derick then smiled.

"As you wish Miss Marika"

"Would you be so kind and look after my nephew Kevin till we return. He finally started to opening up after meeting you Miss Marika."

'That's a given, my family is precious and Kevin is my precious younger brother.'

Richard then said to Derick "Lest go!"

'Be careful on your trip, see you in a few week's' Marika then said to both man.

Richard nodded and then left the room and Marika was alone in the room.

She then looked at her hand and the medicine on the table. She began to get angry again.

'I'm going to make sure this prick will get his Karma' she thought.

[2 days later]

It was a nice day outside, in the morning she thought Kevin to some dishes so he would gain some confidence in himself. During their cooking lesson's she told Kevin her plan for when the doctor would come to visit her. In the early afternoon she thought both Dante and Kevin some self-defense.

The reason was simple, both her brother's not only lacked confident but they were easy target's because they looked weak.

'Listen to me carefully you two if there is something in life you want, you need to fight for it!'

'If an good opportunities would arrive in life, grab on to it and don't let it slip, because you'll regret it later in life if you let it slip.'

Suddenly there was a voice coming from behind her "You look pretty peachy!"

Marika knew it was Dr. Niveus. She nodded to Kevin and Dante and they nodded back at her.

'Are you surprised I didn't take your medicine?' Marika asked.

'Sorry… But I do not blindly trust what a doctor give's me. I got pretty traumatized by doctor's at a young age.'

"So I was right about that" doctor Niveus said as he walked closer to Marika.

'So you came to check up on me? What were you hoping for? Let me guess, you were hoping that I would be comatose and you would cook up some excuse to let them bring me to you place and you would stall my state for a long time so you could do experiment's on me?'

Doctor Niveus clapped and the smiled, you saw right through me, you're not only pretty and interesting but also clever.

'Did you also prescribe I should do whatever I want the upcoming day's?' Marika asked.

Doctor smiled "That right."

'Than pray you'll survive this!' As she said that with a wicked smile on her face.

Doctor Niveus swallowed and started to look nervous at the sight of Marika cracking her knuckles.

'First I'm going to beat you to the brink of death, because I promised Master not to kill you!'

While she was beating up the doctor Kevin and Dante were dazed by Marika. She looked so cool and savage.

After she was done beating up the doctor she said to him 'Hope you did learn your lessen if not, remember that even Master can't safe you because I really will kill you'.

'Do you still need to look at my hand? Because it just fine to me.'

With a quick look he saw that her hand was indeed completely healed, the doctor than stood up.

'Well you saw my hand, it's all fine so you can leaf now.' She had a smile on her face.

The doctor than ran a fast as his feet could carry him.

Marika then yelled in a loud and happy voice, 'Don't forget to ice your bruises and bind up your wound, ohh and don't forget to take a sedative instead of painkiller! Bye, bye white coat, come by whenever you want!'

Both Kevin and Dante burst in laughing.

"Sister your so cool, you really scared the sh*t out of him" Dante then said.

Marika then said, 'What you may fear today, you can fight tomorrow. And if not alone then stand together.'

[At the castle of the Moon Kingdom]

Derick receive a report about Marika and the footage of the event's that happened on the day that the doctor visited Marika.

As Derick and Richard both watch it they were somewhat shocked about the doctor's statement.

But Marika did promised not to kill him. But they found out that this girl tends to hold grudges so she would kill him for sure if he did something again, and there would be a guarantee she could not be stopped.

"What did Kevin report on Marika?" Richard asked.

"It seems she is teaching Kevin how to cook and basic butler etiquette, also she is teaching both Kevin and Dante her fighting skills" Derick replayed.

"She also went to the library to study up on thing's regarding the Moon Kingdom's history and she was also enjoying her piano lessons from young Master Noah, she also played the violin. And she is keeping her promise and is still staying in your bedroom. But for some reason she was looking pale at the end of the day and she seems to feel slightly uncomfortable."

Richard was thinking, "Is she breaking her promise to not over exert herself or was it her body slowly awakening. Well if the next report doesn't mention it again than it was her awakening but if not…" he would lock her up for her own good.

Then Richard asked Derick "When I think Marika is over exerting herself and I want to lock her up in the room so she can rest, does that mean I care for her?"

"If I may speak freely Master?"

Richard nodded

"I do think you care for Miss Marika, so much so to the point you worry for her. But locking her up won't make her happy. Because she show's her honest emotion, and she speaks her thoughts, she won't hide things from you. I could say Miss Marika trust and like's you a lot Master."

"Then why did she jump out of a window, when she felt threaten by Doctor Niveus? I could have easily protected her."

"Well Humans have a term for that, it's called the fight or flight response. I think this trauma she had under gone made her so fearful of Doctor Niveus the only thing she could do to feel safe was to run away."

"But as I said before she is a very open person she would talk about it if Master asks about it.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Richard looked up "Enter."

A man walked in "My Lord here are the book's you requested for."

"Thank you William"

William Clericus, a scholar and writer who is also a resident of the mansion came to the castle to do research's for his new book, but got surprised when he saw Richard and Derick at the castle library.

As he got the summary from Derick, William dropped his work and offer to help. As the three man looking through all the book's they found that Marika's case was very rare as they were looking for a solution the stumbled up on a method that came from the human world, it described that a person should undergo a long period of mediation, but because the time flow and the environment of the moon kingdom this could be shorten. But it had its risks. Worst case scenario the person could die.

There was also a possibility to use a magic stone and a spell, but the success raid was only 1%.

The last method was written down, was that a high rank or royal infused the person with his own energy, but this could have side affect's on the person and the giver.

Richard sighted "All of these methods are just too dangerous."

William looked at Richard he never thought the day would come that his lord would have such a look on his face.

William smiled and thought "Now I wane meet the person that mad my lord's move like this."

[At the mansion]

A week and a half had already past and Marika was trying to hide her discomfort from Dante and Kevin. She promised Richard not to exert herself so she cut back on her daily activities.

But that didn't go unnoticed by her brothers. They started to worry for their sister. Even thought she had rested for 2 day's she started to look even worse.

But Marika didn't want to worry her brothers so the next day she did her cooking class with Kevin.

Marika then asked Kevin 'Is there a way to contact your uncle? There is something I need to ask Master about.'

But as soon these words left Marika's lips she collapsed. As Kevin turned to Marika who was lying on the ground and looked in a lot of pain, Kevin kept talking to his sister. At the same time Dante came flying in to the kitchen.

"I'll bring her to her room, you contact your uncle."

"And don't contacts the doctor unless Master say's you need to do so, after that come to her room."

Kevin nodded

[At the castle of the Moon Kingdom]

As Kevin contacted his uncle, Richard and William were also there. Kevin explained what just had happened.

"So she did exert herself to the poi…."

"No Master before she collapsed she had a rest for two whole day's and didn't leave her room."

"She kept every promise that she made with you, just before she collapsed she asked me to contact uncle because she wanted to ask you something Master."

Richard had a relieved look on his face, he thought she was warry of him and didn't trust him so she would do things on her own. But instead she rested when she didn't feel well and even that didn't help her she would look for him for help.

William who was also listening and saw every emotion and expression on his Lord's face was now convinced that his Lord had feelings for this person.

William than asked Kevin "Have you contacted Dr. Niveus yet?"

"Well consider what happened last time I did not, Dante told me to contact uncle first and let Master decide whether or not we should contact him."

"Contact him and tell him to wait in the lobby, We will be there soon."

"Yes Master"

"Since we have all the information let's go back to the mansion. William we took a lot of your time but thank you for your help. We need to go back now."

William then said "I'll be coming with you my Lord I'm already done here so it's time for me to go back to the mansion too.

William said that because he was interested in the person who affected his Lord to this point.

[At the Mansion]

After Kevin was done, he went up to their Master's bedroom. Upon arriving he saw Dante was struggling to keep Marika on the bed.

"Kevin help me, lock the door and window's, I think sister wants to run away."

While Kevin did what Dante asked he asked Dante "What happened?"

"When I got here with sister and put her on the bed she suddenly wanted to try and attack me, I got her back on the bed again but she doesn't want to lie down nor rest. I think she is afraid of something."

Kevin walked up to Marika and said "Sister I talked to uncle he and the Master are coming back. So please stay here with us and get some rest, me and big brother will stay here with you."

Marika started to calm down a bit and fell asleep quickly after that.

"Is it possible that she could hear your conversation with your uncle?" Dante then asked.

"I doubt that, maybe she is very sensitive about our body language" Kevin then said.

An hour had past and Derick, William and Richard had arrived, at the same time Genus also arrived.

Richard informed on what had just happened and what she had been doing after his last visit.

Doctor Niveus shook his head "This is not good, her mental state is fine now but her body on the other hand… It could be that her mind can't keep up with her body changing. Looks like her instinct's will take over so she will try to run or attack, even the person she holds dear would not be save from that."

Then the 4 man heard a loud sound coming from the 3rd floor east wing and a voice shouting.

"Sister please calm down!"

The 4 man rushed up the stairs and went straight to the room where all the noise came from.

As Richard opened the door someone flew by him but caught the person just before he hid the wall.

It was Dante and he looked pretty beaten up.

"Sister please calm down, look Master is here."

Marika looked up and looked in the direction of the door. She then ran up to Richard and pounced up to him.

Everybody was in shock there was a girl who looked like a little wild cat a moment ago, but now was as sweet as a kitten.

Marika hugged Richard and nuzzled her face in his chest.

Richard then said in loving voice "Did you miss me so much you're turning this mansion upside down?" as he said that he smiled and was petting her head.

Everybody was shocked again… "Who was this man?"

As doctor Niveus slowly came in to the room Marika hid behind Richard. As Richard was a bit baffled by her action, he thought she would attack him but instead of attacking she hid from him.

"Looks like she reverted to a state where she was just a little child. But the interesting part is that she still recognizes you.

"Just humor her and let her sleep it off, after some rest she should turn back to normal. But just as I feared her soul instability is getting worse."

Marika then pulled on Richard sleeve, and pointed at a painting of a piano.

"You want to listen to Uncle Noah's piano play?"

Marika then nodded and looked at Richard 'Big brother after the music you take a nap together with Marika?'

Suddenly Richard felt like she just pulled his heart string, she looked so cute when she asked him to take a nap together."

"Alright that's a promise."