Lonely

The day I promised has finally arrived, and we managed to arrange permission from the department to take a 3-day leave. Lilith and I planned to go back to our hometown, specifically to Hokkaido.

We've gathered some information about this city, one of which is that the name Hokkaido has been changed to District H. And in the historical records, all city names have been intentionally changed to "district" to facilitate the calling of city names.

However, it's all just a government trick. Night told me that the renaming of the city to District H was only to make it easier for the government, especially the defense department, to monitor the surviving Gen-X users.

District H has a relatively low crime rate, and it can even be said that there is hardly ever any crime there. That's why we got permission to go there easily, although, in the end, Night asked someone to accompany us. And that person is...

"Yo, good morning, Snow."

"Why does it have to be you, trash."

Yes, Night asked this trash to accompany us. If I could choose, I'd prefer Tree to accompany us.

"Oh, Big Bro Shin is here."

"Miss Lilith!"

This trash ran straight towards my sister, and I swiftly blocked him.

"Listen to me, trash. I reluctantly agreed to let you come because it's Night's order, but if you dare touch my sister even once, I'll freeze your body and crush it into tiny pieces."

"Sis, don't be harsh! Come on, Big Bro Shin, please come in."

"Alright, thank you, Miss Lilith."

The trash entered our apartment while giving me a mocking look, I wanted to call Y-MIRai, but Lilith stopped me.

***

It took us 15 minutes to get ready, quite fast because the trash helped my sister pack up all the gear. But he refused to help me at all, and that made me the last one to finish.

"Okay, everything's ready. Thank you, Big Bro Shin, for helping."

"Anything for you, Miss Lilith."

"Don't call me that, just call me Lilith."

"Alright then, Lilith."

Damn, they're getting closer. I'm very annoyed seeing them together, I really want to separate them, but there's something important I have to do.

"Sis, let's go."

"..."

"Sis?"

"Oh, sorry."

"What's wrong, Snow?"

"Nothing, you two go out first."

Strange, I've called him several times but my calls weren't answered at all. Did something happen to him? Maybe I should check on him before we leave.

***

"Sorry for keeping you waiting, I want us to leave soon, but there's something I have to say. I have to go to..."

"Um, I think I know what you want to say, Snow."

Shin pointed his finger forward, and instantly I was shocked by what was in front of us, Tania and her two servants along with Jasmine were in front of our apartment. And I saw one rather large suitcase between the two of them, what's going on here?

"Good morning, Snow."

"Good morning, Tania, um... what's going on here?"

"I'm just dropping Jasmine off here, she's going to join your trip."

"Wait! What?!"

"Dad asked me to tell Jasmine that you're going to District H, and Dad also allowed Jasmine to join you."

"Um... sorry if this is sudden, am I bothering you?"

"No, sis, I'm actually happy that sis Tania and sis Jasmine want to join us."

"Sorry, Lilith, but I'm not coming."

"Eh! Why, sis Tania?"

"Mom and Dad forbid me because I still have to undergo treatment for a few days at the hospital. Maybe, on another occasion, I'll join you guys. Snow, take care of Jasmine and your sister, okay?"

"Yes, I will do that."

Suddenly I got a text from Night, and he said that the reason he allowed Jasmine to join is because she's still my target, so wherever I go, Jasmine has to come with me.

Well, what can I do? I wanted to tell him earlier, but since Jasmine already knew from Tania, there's nothing I can do. This makes my job easier, and it can also redeem my mistake of not meeting him for a week.

"Okay, let's go, Jasmine."

"Yes."

She smiled widely, and her smile was warmer than usual.

"We're going now, sis Tania."

"Alright, take care."

On the way to the station, I took a little time to send a message to Tania, honestly, I wish we could go together.

***

"Message? From who?"

"Tania, sorry for bothering you. Honestly, I also wanted you to join us, but your health is the most important. I hope you get well soon."

"Snow, this is why... I..."

"Miss, it's time for us to go."

"Okay, let's go."

***

To get to District H, it takes about 17 hours. Honestly, it's been 5 hours of traveling but I don't feel tired at all. That's because Jasmine is next to me, as usual, we chat about various things to lighten the mood, and this long conversation doesn't make me bored at all.

"Snow, I've heard about your eye from Mrs. Aoki, but I didn't expect your eye to turn out like this."

"Do I look weird?"

"At first, yes, but over time your eye looks beautiful."

"Thank you, Jasmine."

Although chatting with Jasmine makes me very comfortable, there's one thing that makes me very annoyed, and it's all because of the trash. He deliberately arranged our seats so he could sit next to Lilith and I could sit next to Jasmine, facing each other. Throughout the journey, they always looked very close, and I didn't like this sight.

"Snow, what's wrong? You look very upset."

"Uh... it's nothing."

I said it while biting my lip a little, I can't hold back this annoyance anymore!

"Are you worried about them?"

"To be honest... yes, I'm very worried."

"In my opinion, Shin is not a bad person."

"Eh! What makes you think that?"

"Because both of them look very happy, moreover, Shin looks very caring towards your sister. I'm sure he won't do anything strange, so you don't need to worry."

"But, still..."

Jasmine just laughed softly at my behavior, then she gently touched my face.

"Don't worry, I can assure you that nothing will happen."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Because you're a good person, Snow. And you never do anything strange to me or Lilith, so I'm sure they'll be fine."

Jasmine slowly leaned on my shoulder, and she started to hold my hand.

"You're a good person, Snow, so you don't need to worry anymore."

"Jasmine, I..."

Before I could finish speaking, the trash suddenly interrupted me.

"Heh... so this is how you guys act when left alone."

"Yes, Brother and Jasmine are always like this."

They both laughed at our behavior, this made me very embarrassed. And around that time, Jasmine stopped holding my hand and immediately covered her face with her bag.

"Um... sorry for my behavior earlier... and can you stop teasing us like that."

Sweet! This is the first time I've seen her like this. No! She's often like this, but this time Jasmine is much sweeter than usual.

"Sis Jasmine is so sweet!"

Lilith suddenly hugged Jasmine and then teased her, it seems my sister just got a new toy.

"There's no other choice, Snow, come with me for a moment."

"What's wrong? I don't want to if it's not important."

"Just come."

This trash showed a hand signal that there's something important he needs to convey, what's going on?

***

"So, what's up?"

"That girl, isn't she your target?"

"Yes, you're right."

"Then why are you so close to her?"

"We're friends, at first I was just carrying out a mission to watch her and be her fake friend, but after a while, I didn't feel anything suspicious from her, that's why I decided to become her real friend. You've read all those reports, haven't you? Don't you trust me?"

"No, I trust you completely. It's just that, she's very strange."

"Strange?"

"Yes, I slightly put my shadow into her body earlier."

"Hey, that's harassment."

"I know, but I was very curious."

"So what did you find?"

Something unique, I think. Although she looks like an ordinary human, I felt a little trace of X serum in her body."

"Wait? So you mean she's also a Gen-X user."

"No, I didn't feel it at all. Whether it's Gen-X, Soul, or energy like us, none of it is in her body. but with the trace of X serum in her body, it made me curious, I want to investigate further by putting my shadow back in. but I need your permission, Snow."

"Why me?"

"Because putting the second shadow in will take a little longer, and it seems she'll only listen to you."

"What do you mean? I don't understand."

"Oh my god! In short, you're responsible if something happens to her, and that's why I'm asking for your permission."

"Oh okay, I'll allow it. but it won't hurt her, will it?"

"Don't worry, you can rely on me."

I didn't expect the trash to bother investigating my target.

"Oh, one more thing, Snow, aren't you afraid that someday she'll hate you if she finds out all these lies?"

"I don't know."

Honestly, I'm still confused about what will happen when all this is over and she knows all the truth.

"You better start thinking about it now because from my experience it will hurt her a lot."

"Shin..."

"let's go back. They must be worried if we're gone too long."