The Head Lord and the Rat Thief {Kamisato Ayato FanFiction}

Chapter 39 ~ The Gossips and the Lies

Chapter 39 ~ The Gossips and the Lies

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      Although she said that, Caiome didn't seem to want to wait too long. She could control her impulses, but not her patience, especially if it was such a long period of time. So what she did was give exactly the orders that... well, not Ayato pass them on, but considering he didn't deny them either, Caiome believed he agreed with her idea.

       So, dressed in another floral shirt and with her hair tied in a ponytail with the hairpin Mitsuko seemed not to want back, Caiome waved at Mumei when she came out of her little house in town - or rather from the building where her small two-room apartment was located.

       Mumei almost tensed, but more than that, when she saw Caiome waving her fingers towards her and smiling like that, she came running towards her, grabbed her sleeve and pulled her aside from the street, somewhere around the corner of the building, behind a tree, hidden by a bush.

       "Are you stupid?" Mumei said. "How can you appear like this, on the street? Don't you think it's suspicious?"

       "The fact that you pulled me here is even more suspicious than two girls talking on the street, believe me," Caiome laughed.

       Mumei finally let go of her sleeve.

       "Why won't you leave me alone? I'm not going to disobey the Commander's orders, no matter how bored I am."

       "In fact," said Caiome, crossing her arms overs her chest, "I have a new little mission for you. While Kusa and Kin investigate the Shirakaba and Tomorokoshi families, we'll focus on Kumori."

       "Us?" Mumei asked, frowning.

       "I'm the type who can't stand on the sidelines either," she shrugged, "so I'll come with you. I won't get involved, just watch over you."

       "And who's going to watch over Kusa and Kin?"

       Caiome just smiled as she had before, and Mumei let out a sigh. She had to realize that the Commander would put someone to keep an eye on her, or rather, she had to realize that this woman was going to be so involved in gathering information, considering what she had said yesterday.

       "Are you afraid that if they find something even a little compromising, they'll arrest Masahiro Kumori?" Mumei asked.

       "Sure, you can assume that too," Caiome shrugged. "But I'm coming with you just because, unlike Kusa and Kin, you seem the most interesting to watch."

       "With you here, I should be stupid to disobey orders or to act somehow interesting."

       "Just that you don't have any orders to follow," said Caiome, and an even bigger smile spread across her lips, almost wickedly, and Mumei frowned when she saw her blood-red eyes shining more like ecstasy for adrenaline. "I just gave you a little push."

       "It's not like I hadn't thought of investigating each one separately," Mumei snorted, rolling her brown eyes.

       "Alright then. Pretend I'm your apprentice, and you show me how an investigation should proceed."

       Especially, Caiome thought, since she wasn't going to tell her anything about Ahjika or Yumei. As far as Caiome could tell, all the drama of the family had happened over twenty years ago, which meant Mumei wasn't even born then. If she hadn't read the reports recorded about Yumei and Ahjika, Mumei had to start from scratch, which seemed to be the case. And, to be honest, Caiome wasn't even sure there was a connection between Masahiro, Ahjika, and moruga.