Against the Inevitable Destiny
Chapter 26 - Sho's

Mei and I walked quietly towards the man named Sho.

As I walked, I also observed the man further. Right now, the man was leaning against a tree quietly while continuing to read his book. And from what I saw, he had dark greenish-gray hair. It was different from the color of my blackish-white hair.

His face, I admit, is handsome.

You could say he was an ikemen type.

What is ikemen? I'm lazy to explain, so just ask your Al.

…..

We still have distance so he is still focused on reading the book. Then she stopped reading the book when she sensed that we were approaching her.

Oh yeah, when I approached her, I smelled plants and medicine. He might be concocting something, or it might just be the effect of his environment being filled with medicinal herbs so that the smell could be attached to his body or clothes.

Well, it's a soothing smell so it doesn't mean anything. Besides, only I might be able to smell it.

Back to topic.

When she turned her head, she saw that Mei and I were walking together. After confirming that we had actually come to him, he started closing his book and then said,

"May? Rarely see you coming. Do you need anything?" Sho said calmly.

From what he said, he had at least met Mei before. If that was true, then she also knew that Mei rarely came alone to greet someone.

“I just want to greet you. And Riyu also wants to know you.” Mei said calmly.

"Once.” Sho understands.

Before I introduced myself, he looked at me and said,

“I know. Yami told me everything about you." Sho says.

"Everything? What's he telling you?" I asked him.

"She said that there was a fool who suddenly hit her and asked her to fight." He said calmly, without changing his calm expression.

Did the blonde head say that? Is he trying to ruin my image?

Whahuh? Since the beginning my image has been bad? How unlikely.

I have a pure image in front of Scarlet Senpai. Besides, didn't I also get some attention when I was with Mei? especially from men. I also greet Yami quite well, according to her family traditions, perhaps.

Isn't he ungrateful? Didn't they?

"That Blonde Head, I will definitely hit him in the face again later." I said with annoyance, but full of determination to hit him.

“......”

“......”

“Ehem. Well, don't talk about it. I came here to get to know you further.”

I said, switching topics.

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……

Mei and I chatted with Sho. And from what I can see, he is the type of guy who is quite calm and warm. We chatted quite comfortably.

I also started to look into more details.

And I think that her personality is supported by her calm and soothing aura.

Right, I feel that he can calm one's soul or at least one's spiritual state. That was also why I said that she could be a good friend of Yami, because she was able to calm her down.

Merely, I felt that his aura was different from the aura of nature, which I thought the Shori family would have given that they take care of various medicines. Her aura looked familiar, but I don't remember ever seeing her aura type.

Moreover, just like Yami, she also had Energy within her body. It's not dark energy like Yami, but energy that I don't know either. It was probably the same unique type of space energy.

“However, I think the Akaasa family does not need to go to school.” Sho says.

“Yami really told me everything about me huh.”

I'm actually not surprised that she knows about my identity, it's given how friendly she is with Yami.

“That's.” He answers.

“Well, regarding your question, I just want to live a normal life as an ordinary student. After all, my mother told me to do it. I can't fight his words. Besides, I also came here to accompany Mei, and look after her.”

Mei who was currently still holding my hand, tightened her grip. He was influenced by my words. Well, maybe.

“Do it...” Sho understands.

As we spoke, I looked at the book he was reading.

I feel like I've seen that book before in the Akaasa library. From what I know, the book is very rare, no, it might only be owned by the Shori family. After all, it addresses their problems.

If the book was only owned by the Shori family, why would the Akaasa family library have it? Well, I don't know. Nor do I know where the Akahasans got the book and put it in their library.

"The book... Is your family still not giving up on finding a way to cure the disease?" I'm saying.

"Do you know about this book?" Sho was surprised by what I said. Well, maybe he didn't expect that I would know about the book.

"Sure, I've read it." I replied in a normal tone.

“Yeah, no need to be surprised. It wasn't just Shori's family who had the book. After all, the disease is an open secret among the 5 Great Families.”

“Yu, what are you talking about?” Mei asked me.

Maybe he can't digest what we're talking about.

Mei was actually not the one who asked carelessly. He might just try, and if I don't answer him, he'll understand too.

Before I answered Mei's question, I looked first at Sho, asking for his permission. After all, the illness was indeed a matter of the Shori family, at least for now. So, there was still some secrecy even among the 5 great families.

Sho nodded, giving his permission.

“Yeah, after all she will be aka miss not.” Sho made his confirmation clear.

I'm not too influenced by his jokes. It's just that Mei, who had been quietly observing us all this time, couldn't help but blush. After all, he understood what Sho said.

Seeing that there was no problem I said,

“We talked about a disease called Soul.”

“Soul?” Mei tilted her head.

What's wrong with this cute creature. Now I'm the one who blushes.

As I froze, Sho continued.

“Yes, it is a disease that eats away at the soul, or rather absorbs life energy. It actually does not affect the body in the near term, but it affects a person's lifespan, making the sufferer's lifespan even shorter."

“So you mean, some people in Shori family have short lifespan?” Mei says. He's changed fashion, become a researcher. She was probably just like my mother, who was equally interested in something interesting.

Then what am I doing? Looked at his face seriously.

It's an important job, seriously. I even activated my photographic memory so that I could look back at his expression in my spare time. Don't bother me, man, let Sho answer the question.

“So you can say that. The average lifespan of a normal human is about 60 years, now it will be shortened to 30 years for people with Soul.” Disease Sho answered Mei's question.

I started following the conversation after I finished saving May's picture.

“Ehem, for the time being Soul's illness is only on Shori's exit, but there is also a chance that it will also spread thoroughly. To be honest many people have tried to find a cure for this disease. But no one has found a way. So I thought, It's gonna be hard, Sho."

"Yes, I know... " So said calmly.

He probably already knew that fact so he wasn't too down or at least that's what I was thinking. After all, the determination I felt from her was not without reason.

However, because he better understood his difficulties it was also what made him still lack confidence.

“Well no need to be discouraged. Difficult does not mean impossible. And even if it was impossible, it was only because the other person gave up looking for the result. As long as you don't give up, there must be hope.” I encouraged.

"Yes, you're right. Thank you." Thank you."  Sho's confidence may be back.

Soul disease huh. It reminds me of my mom. If not wrong he tried to find a cure before finally giving up.

Not because he couldn't, but because he had another job. If he had indeed intended to find the medicine, he would have been able to find it.

His research data could definitely exist in the Secret Room.

“Sho, I have an offer for you.” I said seriously.

Well, I can't possibly let my mother's hard work go to waste. So, let's make a deal.

“Offer?”

“True. I know that your family can't fully support you. So how about it like this. The Akaasa family will provide you with the necessary resources to help you. Whether it's knowledge, tools, or labor, we'll help you. Ah take it easy, it's not like I'm recruiting you or anything. It's a form of cooperation, so instead, the research data and the cure, if the research is successful, we'll get it too. Besides it-.”

I began to explain my offer in more detail.

"What's the reason?" He frowned, perhaps a little wary of my offer.

“If earlier, I would have said that this is for investment. However, I remember that my mother had researched the disease before. However, he stopped because he had another study. So, I'll leave that research to you if you live up to expectations. After all, I don't want my mother's research to be in vain."

"Certainly that?" For the first time Sho looks excited.

Why is she more excited about my mother's research than my previous offer. Well, that's not my problem either.

“Sure, I won't joke about my mom. So, what do you think? I'll give you some resources for 4 years. If you have the results that I expect, I'll give my mother's research data to you, what about that?" I made another offer.

Hearing what I said, he began to think.

I gave him some time to think. And during that time, Mei started pulling my sleeves. I knew what he wanted so I just nodded my head.

Seeing me nod, he started to smile warmly.

“Can I think of this first? I'll think of this as best I can." Sho said after a few minutes of thought.

Well, this is natural. After all it's not a trivial matter like "yes" then "join". With his personality, he would think about my offer carefully.

“Good. Take the best time possible. After all, this is no trivial matter.”

Mei and I started standing up to leave her. Well, I've already achieved my goal so there's nothing I can do anymore.

“You can come to the MV Lab from tomorrow with me to bring some books about the disease. If you've made up your mind come to me at any time. Ah and also take Yami along, tell her that I took her to practice.”

“Thanks.”

“Yes. Then we will go .”