Linri looked at Jaime"s shrinking figure. What just happened? "So are you gonna tell me what happened now?" Elizabeth asked but Linri couldn"t see her. Probably she returned to being invisible. Oh man, just thinking about her personality was enough to give him a headache. But she is cute though...
"You know what I think I will just go" said Linri as he walked away.
She just watched him leave quietly. She thought that maybe he would open up to him but it didn"t work. This was the second time they had met but it always felt like he was running away from her. Why? She had fun when they talked, didn"t he like that? Or was it because of her heritage?
Linri, on the other hand, was thinking about something else entirely. After seeing her be so forceful against Jaime he started to suspect he might be into dom. Let"s just gloss over that like nothing happened and move on. Yep where we? Oh right, he was a piece of s.h.i.+t... No, it doesn"t feel right to self-depreciate now. The mood was all wrong. I guess being lovestruck might not be so bad.
Well after seeing Elizabeth he was feeling much better. Was it a good thing? On the short term, yes. He was feeling nervous but seeing her made it all go away. But on the long term, no. He didn"t want to have anything to do with her. He emphasized it countless times but let him say it again. He hated the fact he was destined to fall in love with her so it was for the best that he kept his distance. Since he met her twice in the Sakura Garden from now on that place was a forbidden zone. She was also too shy to walk up to him when people were around so I guess he needed "s.h.i.+elds". Maybe Kris can fill that gap.
Linri walked into the dormitory. People were hanging out in the main hall. It seemed like a guy with black hair was hugging Brie. Good for her, it was better to date someone her age than that blind guy. He honestly didn"t want to see that twilightesque story play out again.
Linri walked past Brie when something dawned on him and he retraced his steps.
"Hi there Brie. Who is this?" said Linri while he walked between them. Brie clutched the hem of his jacket. She was too scared to say anything.
"Oh, h.e.l.lo there. You must be her friend. I am her big brother Tory Alcatraz. Nice to meet you" said Tory while extending out his hand. He looked like a genuine good guy. Aside from his hair and red eyes, he looked just like Brie. He was also wearing gla.s.ses that created a gentle aura around him.
Linri slapped the hand Tory reached out.
"Really now? Last time I checked you were already dead. Are you going to tell me that you raised back from the dead?" Linri was not holding back his words. Normally he would take a back seat and try to outsmart the guy. He was no brute and he was better with words than his fists. Today was different. He wanted to beat the guy in front of him or even kill him. He was like a ticking time bomb and he was finally ready to explode.
"Ah, no. It was just there were some circ.u.mstances that made me go into hiding. However, I never stopped my search for her" Tory looked wronged. He genuinely looked like a brother missing his sister. This guy was dangerous. Even Linri himself could not find any fault with his acting. If he did not about his background he would even apologise for his own rude behaviour.
"Shorty, go bring your big sister" said Linri. Brie was unwilling to leave now but she didn"t know how to face him. So she listened to Linri"s words and went to find Jaime. Tory tried to grab her by the arm but was stopped by Linri in the next second.
"I am sure there is a misunderstanding. We can slowly talk this out"
"Is there a problem?" A guy with blond hair and an eye patch came to ask what was going on. It was Lance the getaway driver.
"No there isn"t-"
"Yeah, there is. He is threatening my little sister. Lance, can you gather the guys at room 302? I think we need to have a little chat with him?" Linri said while cracking his knuckles. He needed to look intimidating in order to stop Tory from having any thoughts about killing Brie. From his character, he wouldn"t stop looking for opportunities but at least this should stop him from trying anything in the school grounds.
Lance looked at Linri and saw that he was serious. He texted the others in the school. Linri was a half-client half-friend so he didn"t mind helping him. He was going to ask for pay later anyway.
"Is that so? Who is dumb enough to threaten our Boss" sister? Is he tired of living?" said Lance while putting his arm around Linri"s shoulder. He inspected Tory but there didn"t seem to be anything dangerous about him. Well, appearances can be deceiving. Just look at the person standing next to him. Normally, he was calm and collected but he was acting like a savage now. He even heard that he killed people without batting an eye during the operation which he found surprising. He didn"t have that smell that killers have so if the others didn"t confirm Lance would have never believed it.
"No no no no I did no such thing. Look I am sure that this is a misunderstanding so how about we talk things out?" Tory seemed to be panicking. That was good. When you panicked you would tend to say things without thinking so you would make more mistakes.
Linri donned a dangerous smile. His canine teeth peeking from his lips made his smile look even more dangerous. He walked beside Tory and put his arm around his shoulder just like Lance did to him.
"Talk? Okay! Why not we talk about in my room?" said Linri.
Tory seemed like he was about to refuse.
[Ice Armament]
Linri created an ice claw on his finger and pressed it against Tory"s throat. It left a little hole where blood slowly trickled. Tory stopped himself from speaking.
"No objections? Good, now let"s have nice little chat, shall we?" said Linri while he led Tory to his room. From the outside, they looked like best friends hanging out.
When they arrived at his room Hayato, Leslie, Luke, Six and Selim were already there. They were sitting silently. Riku was awkwardly sitting in his bed texting. Taking glances at them from time to time.
"Oh look. Everyone is already here. Hey Riku, if you don"t mind can you leave the room for a sec? A friend just enlisted in the school and we need to have a long private chat. Isn"t that right Tory?"
"Y-yes. Haha, it"s been so long since we last met. How can I miss the opportunity to catch up?" Linri raised his left brow. The guy was smart. Instead of using the opportunity call for help, he was playing along. Maybe he really thought that he could escape by speaking. Hilarious!
"Is that so? Okay then. I guess I am gonna hang out at Natsumi"s room" Riku seemed suspicious but he didn"t say anything. Well, he did not spend the years in his clan for nothing. He seemed to be suspicious of what was going on but he decided to stay silent for now. He was gonna grill him about this later. Ugh, such a headache.
Linri pulled out two chairs he sat one of them backwards and signalled Tory to sit on the other one.
"So who is this?" Hayato asked.
"Oh, he is nothing but a worm that sold his soul to the devil. No offence Leslie" said Linri sarcastically. Tory"s eyes became as big as saucers. He started to sweat bullets.
"None taken. So, in short, he is like me? Is that why you gathered us?" Linri let out a little laugh. She did not have any idea. After all, they were created by the same person so they can even be called siblings.
"How about we let him explain to us? So Tory, tell me. Why do you think I gathered everyone here?"
"I don"t know. I was just greeting my sister when you kidnapped me"
"Yeah, my mistake. I should have worded my question better. Why did you attend the Autumnfall Highschool?"
"To get stronger and make connections with everyone here. I think you are aware that the Alcatraz clan is in ruins and I need to have connections to rebuild it"
"Let me translate it for you guys. He just said he made a deal with Baal for power and murdered his whole family but Brie escaped. Because of that, he was not able to complete the deal. He needs to kill her and that"s why he came here. To kill her own flesh and blood sister Brie. So Leslie what do you think? Is he similar to you?"
"No, I guess not"
"So what do you want to do boss? Should I cut him?" said Selim while licking the claw on his hand. Okay, first of all where the b.l.o.o.d.y h.e.l.l did you get that claw from. Secondly, did you have to play the role of a creepy serial killer? Even Linri himself got gooseb.u.mps just now.