The Three Things He Asked For

Tohno Shiki was unaware that a secret battle had taken place at the school after he left.

Moreover, it wouldn't be surprising if either side died at any moment, as both sides were fighting with people they knew.

If Tohno Shiki knew about this, he would definitely be in a state of confusion again.

Regardless of Fang Li, the fact that Ciel is an agent of the Burial Agency and possesses the ability to subdue the Dead Apostle is enough to surprise Tohno Shiki.

No matter what, Tohno Shiki could never know Ciel's true identity.

In Tohno Shiki's mind, Ciel was just a gentle and steady senior. He never imagined that this senior had just used the magic of suggestion to sneak into the school. He himself was one of those who were influenced by the suggestion and did not realize that there was no such senior in the school. He accepted her as if it were a matter of course.

Under these circumstances, Tohno Shiki was still preoccupied with his own affairs, but he had some ideas because of Ciel's suggestion.

With these thoughts in mind, Tohno Shiki walked up the slope of the residential street, heading towards his home.

Until a voice rang out.

"What? Aren't you home yet?"

Upon hearing this voice, Tohno Shiki stopped in his tracks.

Almost simultaneously, a figure slowly walked up from behind him, brushed past him, and continued walking forward.

Tohno Shiki was taken aback, then quickly followed.

"Um..." Tohno Shiki scratched his head, and asked somewhat evasively, "What are you doing outside?"

"It's just a little thing," Fang Li replied without turning his head. "Don't worry, I have Miss's permission, and I didn't leave my post without permission like before."

"Is that so?" Tohno Shiki hesitated for a moment, then continued to ask, "Will you also go out to deal with the dead and wild beasts tonight?"

"Of course." Fang Li replied without hesitation, "Don't ask me why, I have my own reasons. Isn't that why you joined us last night?"

Tohno Shiki speechless.

Fang Li is right.

If it weren't for his own reasons, Tohno Shiki wouldn't have risked his life to enter that inhuman world and come into contact with the dead and vampires.

"You don't want to see your city become a ghost town, you don't want to die inexplicably one day, and you don't want to see anyone in the Tohno family suddenly become dead, so you've decided to act with us."

Fang Li, with his incisive approach, directly exposed Tohno Shiki's thoughts.

"However, you didn't expect that inhuman world was far beyond your imagination, and you didn't expect that you would suddenly go berserk again and almost kill Arcueid again."

That's how it is.

Heaven has mercy on us.

Until a few days ago, Tohno Shiki was just an ordinary high school student living in the normal world, except for a pair of rather special eyes. With the Mystic Eye Killers that restrained them, he was practically unremarkable.

However, in just a few days, he suddenly lost control of himself and killed an innocent person. Then, that person suddenly came back to life and threatened to kill him. In addition, there were things like vampires, the dead and beasts, and his inexplicable impulses reawakened. All these things tested Tohno Shiki's ability to endure.

The fact that he didn't collapse outright is thanks to Tono Tohno Shiki's unusual eyes since childhood, which have allowed him to constantly observe an unusual world. This has honed his resilience and prevented him from being swallowed up by the chaos.

Whenever he thinks of this, Tohno Shiki has to look at the person walking next to him with new respect.

He clearly has the same eyes as me, and he's not a vampire, Magus, or agent, yet he can walk calmly in this inhuman world. What exactly did this man go through in the past?

Moreover, the man clearly knew exactly what was wrong with his behavior.

All of this forced Tohno Shiki to consider how to treat the butler in this household.

Therefore, Tohno Shiki had no choice but to speak in this way.

"Still can't you tell me the truth?"

Fang Li did not answer.

However, that attitude already told Tohno Shiki the answer.

Tohno Shiki had no complaints about this.

Because Tohno Shiki could still sense that Fang Li wasn't deliberately hiding things from him; he simply felt that Fang Li shouldn't be the one to tell him, so he chose to remain silent.

Thinking of this, Tohno Shiki put some of the thoughts that arose after his troubles into words.

"Since you won't tell me, I won't ask anymore, but can I ask you for one... no, two... no, three things?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Li chuckled.

"You're really greedy, bringing up three things at once." Fang Li said this, but his attitude remained as calm as ever, and he said directly, "Tell me first, and I'll see what it is."

"The first thing," Tohno Shiki said, seemingly influenced by Fang Li and becoming more decisive, "I hope you will allow me to continue fighting that vampire with you."

"Okay." Fang Li agreed without asking any questions, and then asked, "And the second thing?"

"The second thing," Tohno Shiki said seriously, "I hope you can teach me how to fight, at least so that I don't become a burden to you."

"Okay." Fang Li agreed without asking any questions, and then continued, "And the third thing?"

"The third thing..." Tohno Shiki was silent for a long time, then said in a low voice, "If I become like that again, I hope you can stop me."

"Okay." Fang Li's answer seemed so unchanging, yet his unwavering demeanor reassured everyone.

Then, Fang Li turned his gaze to Tohno Shiki.

Is that all?

Meeting Fang Li's gaze, Tohno Shiki nodded heavily.

"That's all."

So Fang Li didn't say anything more.

Tohno Shiki didn't say anything more, but his expression was no longer so gloomy, and he regained his cheerfulness.

After returning to the Tohno family, Tohno Akiha saw that Tohno Shiki seemed to have recovered and breathed a sigh of relief without making it obvious.

Kohaku and Hisui seemed to feel relieved as well; one had a smile on its face, while the other remained expressionless, just as always.

Fang Li returned to his room and told Arcueid, who had woken up sometime earlier, about the incident, only to be met with a puzzled expression from Arcueid.

"Humans are really troublesome."

With this sentence as the starting point, a new curtain is drawn.

It was as if the result had been announced during halftime.