"Young master, master want to inform you that due to unexpected circumstances, he and lady Riu unable to come home."
The maid bows down as she leaves the message from her master just like how she been ordered to. Her young master, a teenage boy who is sitting on the window seat, looking out the window, retorts back as he doesn't even bother to look at the maid.
"I see, so this son of him is nothing to him now. Next time when you meet him, tell him that he doesn't need to tell me anything about what he and that woman doing anymore."
"Young master, that isn't true. He-"
"Don't try to argue with me, Kait! If he really is then where is he in all of my eleven years living in this place?!"
The boy, eventually snaps. He shouts out, as he looks at her with the eyes that burning with hatred for the man in the subject. Kait, the maid standing that the door, shocked by the sudden outburst. Up until she saw the looks from that dark blue eyes, she starting to understand.
Ever since the death of former lady Riu, master starting to put distance between him and his own son. Starting to marry another lady, then he now became a workaholic. It's only natural for her young master to be mad. After all, the boy never receive any affection from his father, every time when they meet each other after that, the presence of young master doesn't exist in his father's eyes anymore. At least, that's what he thinks.
"Excuse for my rudeness, young master. I'll inform him next time when I meet him."
She said, as she takes another bow, waiting for the young boy tells her to leave.
"...You're dismissed."
After calmed down, the boy only sighs before turns back to the window, softly dismissed the maid.
Then, right after his maid leave the room, his phone starts ringing. Without even bother to check the caller, he accept the call immediately. Before he can even says anything, a familiar unexpected voice speaks up with a broken tone.
"Soei, big trouble. They got him."
Short, yet it’s so clear. Soei never expect she to call him and give such brief statement, no, it’s not that he doesn’t expect it, he simply doesn’t want that to actually be true.
“...When?”
“Today, I was planning to eat together with him but he’s not home. His shoe is here but its owner is gone!”
"Do you found anything out of the ordinary?"
He wants to start being anxious just as Nozomi is doing right now, but he can't. He has to stay calm for the sake of this trio, if both of them freak out now, then they won't be able to get him back. Just crying won't solve anything, he has to do something, find something. For the sake of Nozomi and himself, he must remain calm.
"No, I don't find anything, not even a small trace of energy."
That’s impossible. He thought, with all the things he learned from Nozomi about Ritania.
Whenever an Ritanian uses their element, a faint energy would leak out and linger on the scene. Even if some have the disguised skill, their energy would still be detected by someone with stronger detect skill.
But if Nozomi, a child prodigy in this skill, can’t even detect the energy of whoever this is. Then we should be cautious about this mysterious person.
"I see, pack your things, Nozomi. I'll come over to your house tomorrow. We'll go over there to retrieve him back."
After he finished, Soei then hang up before the other says anything. The boy then gives the flower garden one last look before he puts the phone away.
"Muria"
"You called, young master?"
The maid, Muria, shows up immediately after being called. Despite the fact that he has lived here for sixteen years, how she can just appears in a second is still a great mystery in this household to him.
"I'm going to Ritania tomorrow. Tell my father that when he's home, I have some business to do over there."
"How long do you intend to stay there, young master?"
She wants to ask how does he knows about such world exists, yet she has a feeling that Soei won't says anything even if she asks. All she can do is doing what a maid must do, and inform master Riu about this.
"No idea, I only need a few necessary things so don't pack me a big bag. I would tell you that you don't need to include my wallet as well, but you probably already know about it."
After sending the maid with a cold looks, the boy walks out of the room without even looks back at the maid now feeling guilty.
Seeing how instead of being confused, she only accepted that reply with a straight face told him enough. It's not necessary for him to say that last line, of course. But he feels quite satisfied when acted like some edgy teenage boy, the reaction from the maid is worth it.
Don't get him wrong, Muria is his favorite maid out of the three. The girl never make him feel alone in the mansion, almost never lied or fake around him. But she's so good at her job that he never sees her failed at something before, now that he can make her feel guilty about hiding some information from him, that makes him feel good about himself.
Tomorrow is the day for another adventure. Soei and Nozomi's story about finding their childhood friend, but little did they know. They, the two founders of King guild, can never reunited with Akagi.
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