Magical Boy ~ English version

Chapter 67

Kohi and Aranea had returned to the floating mansion after two days. Meltdown, relaxing by the pool on the deck, greeted them with a sarcastic smile.

"How did that happen ?" She asked mockingly.

"A disaster !" Growled Aranea. "Hope Lord won't give me the newbies a second time!"

"You seem to have had a good time, though," Kohi cut in. "When you attacked your kids."

"Those two bloody mistakes. Don't tell me about it. Go make the report, I'll let you ridicule yourself to Lord."

Viper winced under his mask as the woman alighted beside Meltdown. These two seemed to get along well and it didn't even surprise him. He longed to tell the story of his mission to Shoko, who was so defender of children, but he too had to take the life of a teenage boy out, or at least trying. The invisible would never want to stay at Lord's orders if he knew what mission he had given him.

He sighed and walked over to the main room where Lord was. He was however stopped on the way by Yusho. The boy clutched at him, happy to see him again.

"Red, let go of me !!" He growled.

"Nope." Answered the younger one with a smile. "Where did you go? Did you kill people? There was blood ?"

"You're crazy ! Why are you hanging on to me like that ?!"

"I like you."

"I didn't do anything about it. Leave me alone!"

"Nope. "

Kohi clenched his fists, annoyed. He would have forced a kiss to kill him, but Lord surely wasn't going to let him.

The boss was just arriving in the same hallway, still accompanied by Static.

"Well," he scoffed. "We can hear you all the way to the throne room."

"Tell that crazy guy to let go of me right away." Kohi muttered.

"He likes you."

"Yep!" Yusho exclaimed, keeping an arm around Kohi.

"It is not reciprocated." The chilly mumbled.

"Red," Lord called. "I think Bolt made some pastries for us. Why don't you go and taste some?"

The teenager's eyes lit up as he jumped for joy. He retrieved a paper from Lord, telling Bolt, a talented cook who possessed the ability to immobilize whoever he touched, that the young man had their boss's permission to eat some sweets. He then rushed towards the kitchens.

"Efficient, as a method." Kohi growled.

"I'm gifted with children. Static, follow him and make sure he doesn't do too much damage. Viper, come with me."

The bodyguard just nodded before heading in the same direction as the teenager. Kohi and Lord made their way to the Great Hall instead, where the boss sat in his seat, without a word. His subordinate must have known what he was expecting.

"It did not work." Kohi explained simply.

"I suspected it." Lord replied with a smile.

"What ? You sent me there telling me to kill him with my power and you knew ?!"

"I just wanted to make sure. Members of the Uchiri family are all immune to poisons from their youth. I just wanted to make sure the kid did too, while checking if it applied to your power. In truth, I have no intention of killing him. Not for the moment."

"You didn't want to hit Uchiri Nakamara by killing him?"

"What if it was possible to turn the son against his father? According to Phantom's information, they look pretty close. Imagine him, forced to fight his own son. Maybe even have to kill him if he's more powerful."

"He's always in school, and his classmates run up to the smallest problem."

Kohi rubbed his jaw. His mask concealed the bruise Kotaro had given him as he pulled them apart.

"I imagine he's well protected when he's with his father too." Viper continued. "How do you plan to go about it?"

"I just have an adorable boy his age with a particularly interesting power and who seems suited for capture."

"... oh damn ... do you really think he can do it?"

"I didn't say he would go alone."

"Do not count on me."

"I didn't say it was you. You have perfectly fulfilled your mission. Do you want something in particular?"

"... more blankets and an extra heater in my room. "

Lord gave an amused smile. Viper had already almost completely emptied the cupboards where the bed linen was kept and left the radiator on. He would soon be living in a terrarium. But he granted his request, as he always promised.

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The twins hadn't needed treatment and Nanaya was already taking Phen-X's blood from his fight with Volcano, so they didn't have to be in the infirmary for long.

Nanaya struggled to convince the nurse and principals to claim that the attack was against the entire school and not just him. His father would eventually lock him in a room to keep him safe if he knew that Nanaya had been targeted again.

The rest of the stay, the teachers had to modify their program to eliminate isolated activities. Finding no replacement for some, these hours were replaced by free time.

During one of these times, the small group of friends were in the common room. The twins had started a game of foosball with Tomeo, Kenji, Kotaro and Monaka. Nanaya was just sitting on one of the couches, his nose in a book offered by Rena. Mineko was right next to him, letting her girlfriend do her hair while chatting with Enko and Ita. Sitting on the other side was Yuto. She just seemed to be daydreaming, occasionally glancing over at the book her comrade was holding. She closed her eyes at times and opened them with a slight jump. Until, finally, she fall asleep.

As the boys finished their game and walked back to the couch to settle in, Yuto fell to the side, her head resting on Nanaya's shoulder.

Kotaro winced, ready to pull her out of there, but he used all of his self-control not to force her to wake up, as, despite their affection for the magical boy, everyone else was softened by the scene.

Nanaya froze the moment he felt his friend against him. Clearly embarrassed and surprised, he no longer dared to move, not even to turn his pages.

He slowly turned his head towards Mineko.

"What am I supposed to do?" He whispered with a hint of panic. "I... should I leave her... or wake her up?"

"It's up to you. If she bothers you, wake her up."

"Oh... no, she doesn't bother me..."

Enko had just enough time to snap a photo before Kotaro sat down, but deliberately abruptly, next to Yuto, waking her with a jump.

Her face turned so red she could compete with a tomato and she spent a good thirty minutes apologizing, even though Nanaya assured her it was nothing.