My Pawfect Rebirth

53: Drippin

"And the cleansing has been completed." 

Izumi felt her body drained, her hair and clothes were still soaking wet and her skin was pale, she started sneezing. 

"Achoo!"

 "Bless you." Ryuu said, handing the greenette a towel. 

"Thank you..." she sniffled. 

"Now then, I must give you one last thing." the man said, reaching into the inside pocket of his suit. 

'What now?!?!' 

He pulled out a cross and placed it in her hand. 

"As long as you keep this with you, all Demons will stay away and you will be clean." the man said. 

"Oh... okay."

"Now that you've been cleansed, Ryuu, escort her out." the man said. 

"Yes, My Master." 

"Ah- hey wait!" The man looked at the greenette and she smiled. 

"Thank you, Saint! I appreciate you helping me!" Izumi said and bowed to him. 

"Leonardo." 

Izumi lifted her head up to the man. 

"Huh?" 

"Leonardo Madow, that is my name, you don't need to call me Saint." the man said. 

"Leo... Oh I get it- like the Zodiac of Leo the Lion, you shine brightly! Well thanks for helping me today, I appreciate the help coming from a Saint!" Izumi yelled as she left.

 Leonardo froze, she really did look like a kid leaving his sight. 

'Hmph, such a child, and she's supposed to be the Special Case, quite different from what I expected indeed.'

"Umm... What happened to you?" Aster asked, watching Izumi sniffle and shiver. 

"'Sniffle' You didn't tell me he was gonna cleanse me!" Izumi yelled. 

"Well no, I didn't expect him to do something like that either. Are you okay?" 

"No! I'm cold and all the water that I was cleansed with was freezing cold! Why didn't you warn me about this, I would've brought extra clothes!" Izumi yelled. 

"Sorry about that, I wasn't expecting him to cleanse you, when I first met him, he didn't do that to me. Hah- I wasn't expecting him to cleanse you and have it take this long, are you hungry?" Aster asked. 

"Mn. 'Sniffle' and I'm cold." 

"We'll get you another jacket then." Aster said.

They sat on the same park bench as usual and were both eating a large and fresh dumpling. 

"You feel better?" 

"Not really, I'm still cold." 

"Can't help that, it is winter and it gets cold this time of the year." Aster said. 

"Aren't you cold?" 

"No, since I have the spirit of a Shisa, my body's always warm." Aster said.