"Well, are guys going to explain or not.""…"
"…"
"…"
"*sigh*…"
Cole, seeing that the three people had no signs of wanting to cooperate with him, decided to do the questioning another way.
The three were still wearing the hoods and Cole pulled them off using his metal strings.
"Mmmh!"
"?!"
"…"
Well, he didn"t want to get his hands dirty after all.
The faces that appeared under the hoods surprised Cole a bit, but he wasn"t overwhelmed and his face stayed as ice cold as ever in front of the trio.
He had made them lean against a tree starting from the biggest to the smallest.
The big lug had a chiseled face and rough blonde hair messily slicked back and had a nice beard. His eyes were like a lion"s and was colored brown.
He deserved the name "Leo."
The small figure was a girl that had short, blue hair that resembled the night sky.
She had two yellow star clips keeping her hair back, making it really look like that her hair was a starring sky.
Her eyes were a shade of purple just like the〈Demon Realm〉"s sky.
Lastly, the guy in the middle had maroon-purple hair, reminding Cole of that girl in that movie called N• Game No L•fe: Zero.
He also had the same golden eyes as Lucille but were slightly different.
The trio"s weren"t similar at all but they all had a common feature...
Their eyes had power b.u.t.ton shaped pupils and there were headphone pieces covering their ears.
"Hmmm..."
"Mechanica...? And the symbol of their pin..."
Cole jerked his index finger a bit, making the metal strings covering their mouths retract themselves and go back to Cole"s hand.
"Pwaah!"
"Hoo..."
"Ugh..."
The three let out gasps for air in their own different way and then they all glared at Cole.
"Ah...?"
To which Cole responded with a dead stare, shutting them up immediately.
"You guys gonna talk yet?"
The three all still kept their mouths shut, slightly amazing Cole at their loyalty. But then again, whether their loyalty amazes him or not in the end, didn"t matter to Cole.
"Didn"t you guys know?"
"…?"
"?"
"???"
Cruz, Altair, and Leo all showed a puzzling expression on their face, although different in degrees of confusion. They all showcased their want to know about what Cole was talking about.
"That when you go greet someone..."
*STAB*
"… You have to return the greeting..."
When Cole"s words fell, multiple sharp, black branches of the trees near them snapped and they all went into different parts of the trio"s body.
Some stabbed into their legs, other stabbed into their arms, a few even went into their stomachs.
They all wanted to scream, but Cole sealed their mouths once again with his metal wires with just a wave of his hand.
"MMMMMMHHHH!!!!"
"MMMMMMHHHH!!! MMMMMHHHH!!!"
"MMMMMMMMYYYY!!!"
"Well, are you guys ready to answer yet?"
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"Felicia."
"What is it, Eva?"
"Kites suck. I"m going back inside."
"…"
Eva threw the kite on the ground frustatedly and walked back into the house while hugging her bunny tightly.
"And she was just getting the hang of it..."
"*sigh*…"
Felicia sighed at Eva"s action of giving in, but she also didn"t mind it since she still had plenty of time to grow.
It was then she senses footsteps walking on the gra.s.s, and there were multiple pairs of them.
Felicia stared at the direction where Cole previously ran to and saw him and...
Three pitiful figures. A bit later and Felicia was able to see them up close.
Their faces had red lines and the black robes they were wearing had holes in them with some kind so stain on them.
But because they were black, she couldn"t identify what kind of stain was it.
"Cole, who are these people?"
"They"re my..."
Cole turned his head to the three and he was at an angle where Felicia couldn"t see his face.
"…Acquaintances..."
Felicia was worried because there was a hint of hesitation and unease in his voice, but when she went to take a look at his face, he was wearing a closed eye smile.
It eased the worry in Felicia"s heart a bit, but for the three who that smile was I tended for...
It was the smile of the Devil himself.
The image of the cold tortured and that handsome smile merged together and gave the three the nightmare of a psychopath.
Slowly, inching away at their life until they die.
They shivered uncontrollably, but even still, they did their best not to show it on their faces and put on a strained smile.
"Felicia, bring them into the house."
"Okay."
Cole was satisfied with their reactions and had Felicia guide them into the house.
But Cole went behind them and whispered softly into the trio"s ears...
"Don"t try doing any funny stuff or..."
They knew that Cole didn"t have to finish his sentence for them to know and vigorously nodded their heads together.
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"Here"s some water. You three must be tired after your long journey."
"T-Thank you..."
"Yeah..."
"Umu..."
The trio felt awkward at the appearance of an angel after the devil who was cleaning himself upstairs.
"Now that I think about it, I haven"t introduced myself yet. I am Felicia, Cole"s... I guess, a.s.sistant? Tehe."
Felicia gave a cute laugh, instantly healing their wounded hearts.
"I am Crux, the shorty here is Altair and the big lug goes by the name Leo."
"Nice to meet you!"
"...Yes..."
Felicia observed that Crux seemed to serve as the leader of the trio. Altair seemed to be shy, but to Felicia, she looked like she was pretty energetic.
The intimidating lion was pretty intimidating at first, but was probably a real softy inside.
"Well, what did you three come here for?"
They all had let their guard down around Felicia with her kind and soft atmosphere.
"That"s what I want to know."