Maki and Mai {245}

Time skip

Keitaro stood in the dimly lit room of the Zenin family. He stared at the silent Ogi Zenin, feeling like his jaw was about to leave his mouth.

The old man in front of him did not just say the words that Keitaro swore he heard.

This old man did not just agree to sell off both of his daughters so easily, the second Keitaro had brought them up the man immediately agreed.

No fucking hesitation at all, as if he was waiting for a day like this to arrive.

All the man wanted was 2 of his finest pills, nothing more.

Those 2 pills in question could heal you as long as your head wasn't cut off and you yourself were conscious.

It basically was Rct at the level of a very proficient sorcerer, Keitaro had only made like 5 of those, they were not mass-produced because they took a shit tone of time to make.

One of them took about a month to complete, and if he wanted it to be absolutely perfect a year.

And the second was a pill that basically helped people with a lack of vitality gain more, so basically if you were an old man and pop one. It will basically make you age back like 10 ish year or so.

Granted those pills took a shit tone of time to make, it was as if curse energy or whoever was making the balancing stuff of this world decided to put those restrictions on him.

Yet, binding vow could be exploited but the second he started making pills, now there was a problem.

This system was broken.

Ogi leaned back, he patted the small satchel containing the pills with a satisfied smirk.

"Pleasure doing business," The man said lazily, barely sparing one glance at his daughter.

He took one of the pills and swallowed it, the very next second, some of the old man's grey hair started turning black, and his wrinkled face started to regain the color it used to have back in his prime.

His power surged like no other, back to the top of grade one, he was back to being a special grade one, Now, he could challenge Naobito for the clan head position.

Good.

Keitaro's face darkened a bit, he knew that he wasn't the good guy, his original plan wasn't really to buy the girls but more to pose that question, 99% of parents would disagree and after that, he would pose his actual question.

To be the girl sensei, that was it.

Yet he couldn't really take the moral high ground here, as much as this man's action showed him how much of a scum he was. Keitaro had adopted two girls, it was about time he started taking care of them.

Speaking of them.

He glanced at the two girls standing by the doorway, one with her arms crossed and a defiant glare, the other seemed to be more shy.

From his guess they couldn't really be older than like eleven or 12, they did not look that old.

The defiant one, her green hair a little disheveled, glared up at Keitaro as if daring him to speak. "What, you're my new owner or something? You better not try bossing me around."

"Stop it, Maki. He's... he's not scary."

Alright so the hot-tempered one was Maki and that small one was...

"So, your Maki, and you are"

He pointed at the meeker girl.

"Mai..."

"Ok, My name is Keitaro Namikaze, from no one you two are my prodigy"

He gave them a warm smile, that seemed to work on Mai but not Maki, so she was tough, good to know.

"Heh, those two your prodigies, they are as useless as they come," Ogi said looking at them with disgust.

"And compare to me what are you?"

The room felt silent as Ogi felt truth dread, oh fuck he forgot, this dude was a special grade, who fought Satoru Gojo on a weekly, sometimes monthly basis.

He overstepped his boundary there.

The man held his tongue before leaving the room, his head down, not daring to look up at Keitaro.

At the end of the day, strength meant everything, and as things stood, it was a good idea to not provoke him.

Keitaro then pinched the bridge of his nose, exhaling a slow breath.

"This Zenin clan is such a hassle to deal with- never will I think a dad and mom would agree to sell their kid for two pills"

He did notice the look on Maki's face when she saw the way her dad was cowering away, she looked giddy, as if she liked the sight.

Alright, note to self, she hated her dad.

"Right. First things first. We need to get y'all some new clothes. Can't have you looking like you've been dragged out of a barnyard." He said clapping his hand as he looked at the girl

Tldr...Keitaro spent a couple of thousand yen on clothing and stuff for girls, really, giving them the freedom to buy whatever they wanted.

While Maki brought practical stuff and nothing more, Mai on the other seem eager to buy stuff, that eagerness happened after she saw that Keitaro actually fully paid for the clothing and was not going to refund them.

Anyway, he brought where too much stuff.

As he pushes the door to his house open. Shoko who was lounging on the couch sipping a cup of tea, raised an eyebrow upon noting the two new kids.

"New apprentices?" she asked dryly.

Wow, did not take her that long to figure that out

"We have a spare bedroom, they can stay there, Akane leads them there" As those words left his mouth.

A Kitsune jumps off his shoulder, landing in front of the girls, all of his tail majestically waving behind her.

'Was it there the whole time?' Maki thought to herself. That fox was not there earlier. She swore he only had on a necklace around his neck, so where did this fox come from?

Meanwhile, Mai's eyes sparkled a bit looking at the Kitsune.

"Can...i..pet..it?" To that, Akane leaned in closer to the girl.

Mai looked at Keitaro who nodded.

The girl seemed happy as she started petting the Kitsune.

Akane fur felt amazing.