Chapter 9

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It was then that Shuri noticed the wounds and bruises on Igor's body. She particularly took notice of his chest having slightly caved in and a rib on his right side visibly stretching his skin.

Without a word, she turned him to his left side before standing up straight.

"Dear~"

Baraquiel's face paled. The sound of ropes and whips filled in his mind.

Gulp

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1995/08/06-1995, August 9th (Wed), Kuoh Town, Japan

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"I love you~ You love me~ We're a happy family~
I love you~ You love me~ We're a happy family~
I love you~ You..." *

In the room where Igor was holed in, Akeno was sitting on a chair next to Igor's bed. She was happily singing a nursery rhyme while she seemed to scribble something on a book with her crayons and coloured pencils. With the curtains to the room drawn, the evening sun shined brightly on her happy face.

The cause for her happiness was being allowed to be absent from kindergarden today. All she had to say was that she was going to take care of Igor as an excuse and her mother allowed her to stay home. Now, she could happily draw pictures of her family while her classmates were stuck in school.

Nothing could get better than this and absolutely nothing could ruin it...until Igor woke up on the wrong side of the bed and chose violence to start the day.

Waking up with a groan, the blonde turned his head to take a good look at his source of annoyance.

"Shut up. Your singing stinks worse than your father's boots."

Akeno looked up from her drawing at Igor. Her angry violet eyes met his bored cerulean gaze.

"W-well YOU stink worse than your father's boots!"

Igor looked at the furious Akeno with a deadpan gaze.

"My father is dead."

"W-wha..."

Akeno lost all her momentum with that statement. She was about to apologise when Igor's words cranked her rage up to eleven.

"He died after hearing you sing."

That did it. She got up down from her chair and clenched her little fists. That positioned her right in front of him.

"W-WELL...Well...well...WELL YOU STINK!"

She struggled for a bit to figure out how to continue. She seemed to be dancing on the spot before she decided to just show her tongue.

"Bleh! Hmph!"

Giving a wry smile at her actions, Igor was about to offer a retort when his eyes glimpsed upon her drawing that had fallen to the floor.

He took notice that there were three people holding hands in the picture.

"Huh? Is this you and your parents?"

Akeno looked at the picture and picked it up.

"Y-yeah..."

Wondering why she was suddenly shy, his musings were interrupted when Shuri walked into the room.

"Ara? Looks like you've woken up?"

Igor gave a sigh, flopping his head onto the pillow in the process.

"Hard to stay asleep when she's singing."

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