Chapter 236
About a year ago.
Luo Mio picked up an apple from the coffee table in front of her.
"A year ago..." Hoshikage Hisomi looked at Luo Mio's appearance. She hadn't changed much since she left. She was still as feminine as ever.
"What has Your His Highness been doing all these years...?"
These years...
Upon hearing Hoshikage Hisomi's words, Luo Mio was momentarily stunned.
The girl's face as she left...
Then Luo Mio answered Hoshikage Hisomi.
"I didn't do anything special, just traveled the world."
"Traveling the world..."
Hoshikage Hisomi was so surprised by Luo Mio's answer that he opened his mouth wide, then showed a look of not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Your His Highness is still Your His Highness."
"But then again..." Hoshikage Hisomi looked at Luo Mio with admiration in his eyes. "With Your His Highness's abilities, traveling the world would be an incredibly easy task for you."
After all, he had the privilege of witnessing Luo Mio annihilate Class IV Gastrea with a single blow. It was likely that apart from Class V Gastrea, no Gastrea could possibly harm Luo Mio.
The image of Qi Luo Mio's Divine Punishment Roaring Slash, is still deeply etched in his mind.
A pitch-black night, deep in the dark forest.
The diminutive figure, wielding a Raven Feather Night Blade, faced Gastrea several times its own size before sheathing the blade in Dark Gold Sheath.
In the blink of an eye, like thunder during a storm, golden lightning instantly illuminated the entire dark sky.
Then, in a daze, Golden Blade Aura flashed by.
The giant Gastrea in front of the diminutive figure instantly turned into dust and scattered in the air, while the knife in the diminutive figure's hand also disappeared without a trace.
It was this scene that made Hoshikage Hisomi determined to become stronger.
Seeing the passionate gaze that Hoshikage Hisomi was giving her, Luo Mio couldn't help but turn her head away.
"Is there anything else? If not, you can leave."
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Hoshikage Hisomi quickly spoke up as well.
"Her Your Highness Holy Child wants to be with you..." As he spoke, Hoshikage Hisomi's voice grew softer and softer, and then he looked at Luo Mio cautiously as he spoke.
"... Let's meet."
"..."
For a moment Luo Mio didn't know what to say.
"I met that girl today."
"But, His Your Highness Holy Child does not wish to meet you through a screen." Hoshikage Hisomi said anxiously after hearing Luo Mio's words.
"His Your Highness Holy Child wishes to meet you face to His Highness."
"..."
"Your Highness Holy Child said... she misses you very much."
"Haa..." Luo Mio sighed helplessly after hearing this.
Looking at Hoshikage Hisomi in front of him, Luo Mio scratched the back of her head and said.
"Alright, alright, you're a grown man, a Second Lieutenant at least, why are you making such a girly face?"
Hearing the helpless tone in Luo Mio's words, Hoshikage Hisomi slowly raised his head.
Luo Mio glanced away.
"If I have the chance, I'll go visit her at 'Saint Residence'."
Hoshikage Hisomi's lips also curved upwards in a happy smile.
At this moment—
"Brother Miohua..."
The study door had been opened a crack at some point.
Fuse Midori purple eyes peeked out from the crack in the door.
Perhaps because there were outsiders present, Fuse Midori said weakly, "It's time for dinner..."
After listening, Luo Mio also looked out the window.
Before I knew it, the sky outside was already adorned with the colors of sunset.
She turned to look at Fuse Midori.
"Okay, I understand."
He stood up, looked at Hoshikage Hisomi, and asked, "Going back after dinner?"
"No, no, Your His Highness."
Hoshikage Hisomi also waved his hands in a panic.
Seeing that terrified look, Luo Mio walked to the door with a blank expression and said.
After saying that, he opened the door.
"Not going to eat? Fine, you can leave now."
"..."
Hoshikage Hisomi opened his mouth slightly, then closed it again, and whispered to Luo Mio.
"Then... Xingjian will respectfully comply."
"Oh, right..."
Luo Mio turned her back to him, glancing at him as she spoke.
"When we eat later, don't call me Your His Highness, understand?"
"I understand... Mr. Todou ..." Hoshikage Hisomi, his words tumbling out with a troubled expression.
——
After dinner, Luo Mio stood in the entrance hall, watching Hoshikage Hisomi leave.
In the living room, Fuse Midori was watching TV with Yue. The show they were watching was "Tenchu Girls," which was very famous among people their age.
Hoshikage Hisomi looked at Luo Mio.
"Um... Your His Highness, I... I will..."
Looking at him, Luo Mio seemed to know what Hoshikage Hisomi was thinking, and said indifferently.
"As long as you don't cause a disturbance, you can come whenever you want."
Upon hearing this, Hoshikage Hisomi also showed interest.
"Yes!"
Chapter Eleven: "The Outer Area"
"Um?"
In the morning, while Luo Mio was still eating breakfast, a phone call came in.
On the other two sides of the dining table are Fuse Midori and Tsuki.
Perhaps because she hadn't taken a bath in a long time, Yue now revealed her cute and tender face, as well as her long, straight, smooth black hair draped behind her, and her eyes as black as obsidian.
"Rentaro?"
Luo Mio looked at the name of the caller on her phone with a puzzled expression.
Without thinking too much, Luo Mio answered the phone.
"Brother Miohua, Enju at your house now?"
After the call was connected, Rentaro's anxious voice came through the phone.
Hearing Rentaro's anxious voice, Luo Mio also asked.
"Enju isn't at my house, is that wrong?"
"Actually..."
Rentaro's tone also became somewhat somber and low.
"... The fact that Enju is a 'Cursed Children' has somehow spread throughout her school."
"..."
Aside from a few people like Luo Mio and Rentaro who don't hate the "Cursed Children," there are people in the Tokyo Area, and even in other parts of the world, who hate and fear the "Cursed Children."
These people lost their loved ones in the Gastrea War ten years ago and witnessed the horrors of the Gastrea, and then harbored hatred towards the Gastrea and the "Cursed Children".
This group is also known as the "Promised Child".
After ten years, many people in this "Promised Child" have gotten married, started families, and had children.
However, because his hatred of the "Cursed Children" influenced his own children, the "Cursed Children" became monsters in the eyes of those children.
If a "Cursed Children" is found in their school, they are treated as an outcast, just like any other student who doesn't fit in.
But the "Cursed Children" will have an even more severe case...
Forced to drop out of school...
"Enju's teacher also said... I hid the fact that Enju was a 'Cursed Children' from him..."
All that could be heard was Rentaro speaking through gritted teeth.
"Even if we tell them... they'll do everything they can to refuse Enju's enrollment... They treat her like this just because she's a 'Cursed Children'..."
"..."
Luo Mio remained silent, then looked at the side of the dining table where Fuse Midori and Yue were discussing what the best food was.
"Where are you now?"
Ask Rentaro where he is now.
"I just left Enju's school and I'm going home to see if Enju has already gone home."
"Alright, I'll go out and look for it too."
Luo Mio replied.
"Thank you for your help, Brother Miohua," Rentaro said softly.
"That's nothing, after all, I've been watching over Enju's life."
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Rentaro chuckled softly.
"Yeah... When I first met Enju, if it weren't for Brother Miohua helping me, I wouldn't know how to get along with Enju."
"Then we'll contact you later."
"Um."
"What's wrong, Brother Miohua?"
Luo Mio stood to the side, her Fuse Midori on him.
"Actually, the fact that Enju is 'the Cursed Children' has already spread throughout her school."
Upon hearing this, Fuse Midori covered her mouth with her small hand, her pinkish-purple eyes revealing a worried expression.
For various reasons, Kisaragi, Rentaro, and Enju would sometimes come to her house for meals. Under these circumstances, Enju and she would often meet, and over time, they became friends.
However, because of the cat ears on Fuse Midori's head, she can't go to school at all. It's likely that Enju has already begged Luo Mio to let Fuse Midori go to school with her.
"Then... Enju, she..."
"Wait a minute, I'll be going out soon. I reckon that girl went to District 39."