Dear Ms Lady Demigod

0 8 Realm of Stars & Demons

"My magic watch says that you are not wearing  underwear!" Melissa stood near the washing machine while Akagi stuffed it with his laundry. He had a cigarette in his mouth. His phone started ringing and he picked it up.

"I am wearing one," Akagi assured her and picked up the call. It was his editor, who like any typical editor, had called him to eat his head about the deadline. He talked on the call while Melissa groped his butt.

"It must be fifteen minutes early," She said. He punched her and continued talking. After hanging up the call, he threw his phone aside and sat at the dining table. They were at their apartment.

He began eating his cereal while Melissa sat beside him "We shouldn't leave Lict alone with Vierne. What if he tries to kill her?"

Akagi chewed his food and nodded. He was lost in a daze. He kept the spoon into the empty cereal bowl.

"Melissa,"

"Yes?"

He picked up his car keys "Let's go."

He drove through that narrow road between the forest which hadn't had many guests for many years. It was a slightly foggy forest, with the smell of rain all around. The roads were wet from the morning dew. Melissa sat in the back seat, snoring as the mild sunlight heated her face.

Akagi stopped at the gate of Vierne's mansion. Melissa slept in the back seat while he got down from the car and walked towards the old, metal gate. He pushed it and it opened with a creaking voice of old metal. As he stepped inside, he felt a heaviness in the air. He pressed his chest, not knowing what it was.

"Lord Akagi?" He heard and looked up. It was Vierne.

"What are you doing here?" She asked. He didn't feel the air to be as heavy anymore.

"Lord Akagi?"

"I came to see you."

Vierne blushed "You came to see me?"

"Can we talk for a bit?"

"Yes, sure! I'll tell Lict to go lay some tea—"

"No." Akagi interrupted "Let's just walk around the garden. I need to leave in an hour anyway."

"As you say."

Vierne and Akagi walked through the garden.

"What were you doing outside?" Akagi asked Vierne.

"I was just taking a morning walk in my mom's rose garden."

"Rose garden?"

"You see that white fountain there? That's my mom's rose garden. Do you want to have a closer look, Lord Akagi?" Akagi slowly moved towards the slightly foggy, rose garden. His eyes glowed bright red. He could hear shrieks and whispers. He stopped abruptly. Vierne looked back at him.

"What is it, Lord Akagi?" She asked. His eyes wandered all across the garden. The red roses were dripping blood and the floor made of stone was on fire. There was a skeleton laying on the floor. But all this only happened in his eyes. He took a step back.

"Lord Akagi?" Vierne looked smaller.

'Something has happened here.'

He looked at Vierne who was normal now, "Can we sit somewhere?"

They sat at a tea table carved out of fine, white marble.

"Vierne, has something happened inside your mom's garden?"

"Something like?"

"Death. Did someone die there?"

"No? Why would you think that?" She asked.