
"Why not?" Edward asked because of all the surprised, chose silence. They feel, 'Yes done'.
Annie looked at them with a probing, yet unyielding look.
Still in his warm smile, he looked slowly at all the screaming children. Including Yuri of course.
'I understand for Yuri. But, for these children, it seemed like it had to be ascertained first.' Annie thought as she sipped her tea again.
The children and Yuri spoke a thousand languages. Seemed down and glanced in fear. Not moving, or even changing the form of sitting.
Except for their ten fingers dancing.
"Do you feel fear, if it worries your parents?" Annie asked.
The children there glanced at each other. After a while, Yuri gave a small nod with a soft and silky face.
Everyone looked at Yuri with a 'iba' gaze, except for Vanessa and Annie.
"Or..." Everyone stared at Annie in unison as she hung up her sentence.
In that warm smile, he said,
"...because you guys are afraid of tu— people are not. To the person you consider, perhaps, as family." That statement made the one there flinch.
Annie quite understands a thing. That group of masked men wasn't really evil.
He did not torture others on the basis of something just for fun. He tortured most people who had problems, and felt like dying.
Although in the end, He added their sense of dying to be able to see their tormented faces.
Fun meant.
Gyndenki walked towards Annie. He walked in leisurely steps without making a look.
Everyone stared confused. He walked over and stopped behind Annie. His hand is slowly touching— ah! It means clutching Annie's shoulder.
Don't know how soft or firm his grip is. Only those two people know.
Annie glanced over from the end of her eyes. He glanced for quite a while, waiting for what words would come out of the young man's lips.
"What do you mean?" Annie stopped her glancing activity.
"speculation." Brief Annie.
"No." Gyndenki says.
"Hm?"
"Tell me." Instead.
"What do you mean?" Annie asked confusedly.
"Tell me. Didn't we ever promise, we won't keep each other secret." Gyndenki asked flatly.
"You know. It means you're following me, right?" Annie asked.
"No. Just feel. The instinct of a friend." Vanessa interrupts between them.
Annie was slightly stiffened, but afterwards took a sip in silence. Everyone is waiting with saaaa~baaarrrr~
Brakes
"Oi! Don't hang the story!" Kushida's getting upset. "Stop that habit!"
Annie glanced at the end of her vision. He continued to sip his tea and put it on the table.
"I'm processing words." Annie said innocently.
"Don't you go long!" Returning. Kushida complained of annoyance.
Annie chuckles. "Good."
[Author POV end]
[Flashback on]
I ran or rather jumped from one branch to another.
I turned the direction from that place towards the camp. There was no hidden intent, only intent on following the groove he wanted.
It was as if he was leading me to his trap. Although it's not sure it's a trap. For some reason, I was so confident to follow his wishes.
I was constantly pointing towards a mana I knew so well.
Until, a dark bright silhouette was seen. That's the X-bod*h guy. He stood as if waiting.
"What?" Ask directly.
"Don't be cold like that, nobody's gonna want to be with you."
"So?" I asked briefly.
"You realized it quickly." He was so complimenting.
"Just get to the point." I'm getting pissed.
"Take this as a gift." He threw a crystal ball.
I'm trying to check by twirling it, is it a recorder or is it a bomb?
But nothing special. So that I gave it back, He just sniffed indifferently when he caught the ball.
"I just want to change your point of view about this cruel me." He started. I just kept quiet, waiting for her to say.
"Kids I've kidnapped—"
"'i'm checking'." Press me who cut his words. "Good."
"That I am tormenting is not all children who have potential, but are also tormented. They just want to die for the misfortune of their lives."
I'm glaring.
"They're poor kids who are tormented by people we can call 'family'." As if joking, his two fingers that formed the letter 'V' were moved open shut.
"Some of them ran away and we caught him. It was all because they were constantly being tortured like we were treating."
"So don't try to bring them back." I'm about to connect. "So much I still have a conscience."
I interrupted his annoyance and was about to keep him away who was suddenly beside me, whispering his second sentence.
"Haha. Then good night." He disappeared again in the blink of an eye like the wind.
I hung up there for a moment. I don't know why someone is hugging.
[Flashback end]
[POV Author]
"Like that." Annie ended her 'story.
"Well, I don't care how he thinks. So forget about him." A-04, Yhansen Gyaskille, said bodo very.
"Nobody asked you." Elgartara.
"Who are you?" Yhansen is a stranger.
"But, at least you're not hiding anything important from us, Annie." Gilda spoke with lips that weaved.
His index finger rotated around forming a circle on the table.
'If that's sorry yes.' Thought Annie.
"Yes, I was really suspicious earlier." Gyndenki somehow sounded relieved. Her hand was off Annie's shoulder. He leaned against the wall behind him.
"Why, only the man moved. His men just some of it that moves. He's like coming after us or getting in our way." He sighed. "Until now they haven't woken up because of you Miss." Said one of the people there.
She is Kouji, one of the members who is with Annie. She was the same as Annie and the others, the children in the fourth year in the Kainigose clan.
It was from earlier that Annie's gentle smile was revealed. Not focused on anything or anyone. But this time it was on Kouji.
"Ahaha, then sorry." Annie cackles.
"Yes, it's okay. You're alone but you'll be the one to interrogate." Kouji said casually.
His face did not look like he felt that there was something wrong with his words. He stared at his fingernails while whistling.
"Whatis that? Is this a new kind of food?" Gilda asked because of the new words spoken from her. Kouji.
"Eh? Isn't it 'intarigasing'?" Arthur asked too.
"Interrogation!" Kushida and Elgartara together.
"ah! Right that!" Back, the two people —Arthur and Kouji— were acting stupid.
"We don't feel like we have sanity either." Yhansen said super rightly.
Even though it's bar-bar, but he's not so stupid as that. 'Student' is the term of his behavior.
'I'm sane, and always feel it.' Annie Sweatdrop.
The storyline continues, with some children beginning to yawn while enduring drowsiness. Annie who realized it immediately brought the sleepy little ones to sleep.
Except, Yuri. Because of Annie's age.
Uh! Bai de wey, that big tent is where they sleep.
Although it feels like a small basecamp that is used to hang out together.
"What's wrong?" Annie asked softly, as one of the children there, who had been fed Annie, held her long sleeves.
The child was a little paled from his innocent face which was still kawaii. Annie quite understood and sat down beside the child.
The boy laid himself in Annie's arms.
Aww~♡
If there is a camera or Author has the pot, surely you will see the nuances. Like a little sister who was taking care of a spoiled sister.
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(If in fact Len and Rin are also pampered. Just forgotten. They disappeared after a few dozen chapters. Awokawok)
Continue the next chapter. Author tired, out of duty. So it's only now updated for from the usual schedule. Hix *^*