Sign of the Zodiac: Cancer
Curious
The sound of horses galloping in the stone streets. Damian went through a quiet journey with the young stranger he just met. Now Damian had no appetite to meet the Viscountess, but he could not just return to his home because of his quarrel with Titus.
Damian tried to rack his brain. Nor could he go to such a blind midnight inn, all the inns had locked themselves in the building because of the threat of Deimheim. Returning to Red Lotus was the same. The sassy driver locked the door as soon as Damian walked out. There was no hope that anyone would still wake up at this hour.
Except for his promise to Viscountess Gause, no one was waiting for Damian to come that night. Unfortunately, he could not sleep on the streets. The evil spirits may come back to devour it.
In the end, because there was no choice according to the criteria, Damian finally chose to secretly return to the Castor family manor, his home. At least Damian can climb over the fence of his house without anyone knowing and enter through a secret door known only to him. He led Kutzo to his family's residence and the young Giyatsa complied without asking much questions.
“Then I will leave you here. Hopefully we don't meet again,” Kutzo said after they were in front of the Castor family manor.
“It was also my wish,” grumbled Damian then started climbing the gate of his house.
“Wait. You want to steal at the noble house?” ask Kutzo in surprise.
Kutzo just watched in silence. As soon as he managed to jump over the two-meter-high gate, Damian realized that the person he was riding was still sitting quietly on his horse while looking at him with nanar.
“Why are you still here? Go,” kick Damian out of whack.
Kutzo was silent for a moment. But then he took his horse and galloped away from Damian. The young man immediately shot towards a hole that was on the right side of the manor. That place was his secret entrance covered in bushy rose bushes. No one knew that below was a hole the size of a child's body that could be used to sneak in.
It was through that hole that Damian finally managed to reach the back corridor of his already deserted manor. There were no torches lit in the corridor because it was rarely passed by people. Damian walked silently to his own room on the second floor. He didn't want to wake anyone in the middle of the night. Things would have been awkward if anyone had realized he was coming home secretly that day.
After a long adventure involving Deimheim, and infiltration into his own residence, Damian was finally able to return to rest. He took off his clothes and changed into comfortable pajamas and even braved himself on the bed.
His mind floated to the figure of that young Giyatsa named Kutzo. Why is he in Ponza? More than that, how could he defeat an evil spirit with just one strike. Already so, Kutzo also has a beautiful gray horse. Everything about the foreign youth tickled Damian's curiosity. His instinct to find news was disturbed. Tomorrow morning, when the sun is up, Damian should start looking for information about the person.