Chapter 31: Sword Arrival

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     As the night falls, Kazumi's inside the room with a little altar again. It's already time for everyone to rest and sleep.

"They visited again today Aiko-san and this time, I already revealed to them about you. It's just that.... I only told them you entrusted your children to me and that you're already dead. I could see how sad they are for you, I thought they'll get angry at me for keeping it a secret but they didn't."

Soon, someone peeked from the door.

"Come in."

The doors slowly opened and it revealed that there are three people outside the room.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kazumi asked as she look at them smiling.

"We're sorry nii-sama, we're just curious." Haruna apologized.

"There's no need for you guys to apologize. But next time, if you wanna know something, ask and don't eavesdrop 'kay?"

"Yes." The three answered in unison.

"Then.... we wanna ask you something nii-sama. Nahori-nee said that she heard you and the Pillars mention a certain name inside the living room while they were here, me and Haruna also got curious about it and came here to eavesdrop." Kano explained.

"We just wanna ask if.... you could tell us about Mayonaka-san, Kazumi-sama?" Nahori asked.

"Well.... Mayonaka Aiko-san is the mother of Togashi, Ai, and Hideshi. But that's not all, she's also the former Insect Pillar and the Master of the current Insect Pillar, Kocho Shinobu, and her deceased sister, Kocho Kanae. But.... a certain happening is what made us meet each other and that'll be a long story." She answered pulling out a brown moth hairpin.

"Then does that mean.... Mayonaka-san was the one who taught you Insect Breathing, nii-sama?" Kano asked.

"Yes, before I Mastered the Frost Breathing, she already taught me the Insect Breathing."

"Then why didn't you use it nii-sama?" Haruna asked.

"If I used it then, there will be two Insect Pillars by now." Kazumi chuckled.

"You're right." Haruna said nodding her head.

"Then, how about the Frost Breathing, did someone taught you that too Kazumi-sama?" Nahori asked.

"No. No one taught me the Frost Breathing but myself. Which is really wonderful, I managed to master it within a short amount of time."

Their eyes and face were filled with amazement after hearing her answer. All this time they thought Kazumi only got it from a book and taught them about it.

"Nii-sama's really amazing!" Kano praised.

"I agree!" Haruna replied.

"She sure is!" Nahori added.

After that, Kazumi told them to go to their respective rooms now and rest. She went back into her own room too and saw that Hideshi's already asleep on his own futon beside hers. She just gave out a slight chuckle before fixing his blanket to cover him properly.

"Oka-san...." Hideshi mumbled.

'He's dreaming about her as always.'
Kazumi thought lying down on her futon.

She stared at the ceiling for a while before closing her eyes to sleep. She has something in her mind. While sleeping she heard a voice of a male. She just listened to it.

'I'm really glad to be your friend....'

'What?'

'I'm happy that in this lifetime of mine, I get to meet you.'

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