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Chap 21

Yoshiro's POV

"Yoshiro-sama" I blinked twice hearing him say my name with an endearment which meant master. He does sound like Japanese. What's going on here?

"I can see you're puzzled, milady, but the man you just abducted into your home is a dangerous man" the Japanese dude said.

"I set him unconscious. The sedative will last for hours. I also had him chained" Jiro said through the receiver in my ear.

"Are you with those thugs who just left?" I asked sounding distrust.

"No milady, they're of a different group who came to hunt that man because he stole from them. And now they stole from the Steves that's why I came in persuit" this man is no joke. Should I invite him inside? No, that's too dangerous. I may not be the only actor here.

"Stole from the Steves?" prolong the conversation until dad comes.

"Yes milady, an insignia to be precise"

"What insignia?"

"The ring owned by Dalwyn-sama" by the moment I heard my grandpa's name, my eyes narrowed.

"Who are you" I demanded but it seemed like he was taken aback by my statement. He looked surprised to hear those from me.

"D-don't you recognize me milady?" God he seemed hurt.

"Take off your mask" he abided.

"Kyouhei!" I exclaimed in realization. He smiled in relief.

"So that's why his voiced sounded familiar" Jiro told me.

"You know him?" I asked

"Come on lil sis, I've known him before you did"

"Are you speaking with aniki, milady?" dude what's with the sudden brightness on your face? I wanted to ask but that seemed to be rude.

"Aniki?" I asked

"That's me" Jiro said then dad came, who seemed to have worried a lot. Well, it's obvious. He looks like a mess. He looked at me for a while then relief came upon his face, but he was surprised to see the dummy and the Japanese dude.

"Kyouhei? Is that you son?" dad asked as he came nearer.

"Kevin-sama!" he immediately kneeled before my dad with the same posture when he kneeled to me earlier.

"Let's get inside and throw that dummy away Jiro"

"Yes dad" Jiro's voice became audible for the three of us to hear. I stepped back and let the trapdoor swallow the bloody dummy whole.

Pagpasok namin tinanggal ko na yung outfit ko saka sila sinamahan sa living room dala dala yung mga laptop at phone ko. Jiro is activated too. Bago pa ako maunahan, nagsalita na ako.

"Ok, sino yung lalaki sa baba" I asked

"Dalwyn-sama's driver, aside from that, he's also a bigtime thief" Kyouhei answered

"I got notified about the pursuit and the armed men whom I just passed by earlier. I got really troubled when I received Jiro's message. Thank God you're safe" sabi ni dad sakin

"Alam ba ni kuya?" I asked immediately. He must not leave Kiara while she's still confined.

"I don't think so, he hasn't contacted me yet"

"May I ask who the dude is?" I looked at Kyouhei amused how he just addressed the Dustin Blood

"It's Dustin" my father answered shortly. Kyouhei seemed puzzled, then enlightened, then dismayed.

"What about Dustin? You seemed to be thinking a lot" I asked then he got startled. Did I caught him off-guard or he just didn't expect me to ask that?

"Just for the information of dad and Kyouhei, the man is locked and sedated downstairs" Jiro interjected cutting the silence hoarding over us.

"Thank you aniki" Kyouhei told Jiro ignoring my question. So he doesn't want me to know.

"Is that guy down there you're only mission?" I asked him again

"Yes milady. I was only tasked to retrieve the insignia" Kyouhei answered then we heard a sound in the drawer of Jiro's table face. Dad opened it then the ring sprang up. Dad caught it midair and observed it then gave it to Kyouhei.

"Make sure that will be returned to my father. I'll inform them about it and that you'll head back by tomorrow" dad told him

"Of course Kevin-sama"

"Dad" I called then Jiro projected everything we've found out on a hologram.

"You infiltrated the Adams' site?" dad doesn't seem to be surprised. He might not just be expecting me to pull such a dangerous stunt.

"I knew it" dad clenched his jaw as he read through. Hinintay ko siyang matapos.

"May plano ako but I need your knowledge about the Adams, dad. Kyouhei, I'll be needing everything you know too, you were reading right?" tanong ko. His face turned red for a while before he managed to nod.

"For the time being...yes... that would be possible...I'll inform your grandparents on this. Minimal assembly won't get much of attention. But for the mean time, let's dispose that man downstairs. No one, who has offended our family, are to be let alone live" dad's sounded casual but I know he's serious about what he said, especially to our captive.

"Jiro, put him in my car's trunk and clean the paint on my doorway but don't change anything." Dad stood up and headed towards the door.

"Dad..." I called. He stopped and glanced at me.

"Be back quick" he gave me a reassuring smile and disappeared behind the door.

"Should I prepare your meal first or your bath?" tanong ko kay Kyouhei habang nagde-deactivate si Jiro sa table turning it back to its normal look.

"There's no need milady--" I glared at him

"The bath please" agad niyang sinabi. Dinala ko muna siya sa guest room at binigyan ng damit na pagpapalitan niya, towel, at bathrobe na din. Nung dinala ko siya sa banyo pinapainit na ni Jiro yung panligo ni Kyouhei.

"When you're done, come down at the kitchen for our dinner"

"Y-yes milady" he stammered. Well ain't he cute. I then left and headed to the kitchen to cook.

Kyouhei, apo siya ni mama sa pamangkin niya, that makes us third cousins I think? I met him when we went on a vacation in Hokkaido. We spent a month or two there every year. Nung una, ayaw niya na sumasama si mom sa mga mission ni dad. Pero nung namatay si mom, he vowed to avenge her death at sumali sa Steves. Paborito siyang student ni dad but we only meet sometimes not until we came here. We stayed hidden, our location only known to my grandparents.

Nababalitaan ko parin si Kyouhei, mostly kay dad since our communication was cut simula nung nagtrabaho siya kay lolo. He's always like 'naaalala mo pa ba si Kyouhei?...' then he starts his story telling, though I never expected him to have grown as a man. Mas matanda siya sakin ng limang taon. And when I was still a young innocent sweet girl...well...I don't know if he meant it that time when he told my mom that he will marry me for real when I get old enough...but it's not like I'm looking forward to it... and besides...well...we had this pre-marital ceremony in their house when mom was still with us. Mom, dad, his parents and our relatives were there except for my grandparents.

I'm not the old Yoshiro he's known, I'm already Devily, the idol crusher. Hindi ko alam kung matatanggap niya yung bagong ako but I'm not getting my hopes up. Saktong patapos na akong magluto nung bumaba na siya. I smiled. I missed this guy

"Now that's better" sabi ko at pinatay yung stove.

"Do I look bad earlier?" did it made him conscious perhaps?

"Don't misunderstand. The 'you' I saw earlier is the assassin. The 'you' right now is Kyouhei. Now take a seat and forget the formalities. Don't get tensed" I tried to sound as convincing as possible. Well my heart is racing when I saw the handsome Japanese descend the stairs on pajamas. It's a rare view. Sakto naman dumating na si dad kaya nagdinner na kaming tatlo.