YM778.TV Chapter 621: What Kind Of Training Are They Going Through?
"What… What happened to sister?" She asked.
I shrugged, "I\'m not sure… I just told her about her family\'s situation and what happened just now before she just collapsed like that."
"My… My apologies… But I wasn\'t really listening to the last part earlier… What did you… I mean… What did Mistress tell sister?"
"Hmm? I just said that there might be a traitor in your family because someone is preventing her messages from reaching them and they tried to attack me."
Talli\'s eyes went wide and then… She fainted too.
Oh what the heck?!
I managed to catch her in time as well but why the hell are they even fainting like that? Was it the fact that they have a traitor or something?
I was just about to call for help when Crystal suddenly jerked awake, the girl scrambling to her feet despite still looking a little out of sorts.
"What… Ugh… What happened?" She mumbled, reaching out her hand to grab something to stabilise herself.
Well, that something ended up being my boob but I didn\'t push her away since this was not done on purpose.
It took her a moment more before she realised what she was doing and she quickly scrambled away from me while apologising profusely.
"My apologies Mistress!! Please forgive my impudence!!"
I giggled, "Ahaha~ It\'s fine. I know it was just an accident. Besides, it\'s not like I will complain about a pretty girl touching my boobs after all."
"Eh? I mean… Thank you for your benevolence, Mistress!"
Not sure why but she seems to be treating this quite seriously.
Anyway, I decided to just ask her why she reacted like that.
"So why did you faint?"
She looked at me with a confused gaze, "I… Fainted?"
"Yeah, right over there after I told you about your family."
"That… Wasn\'t a dream? Wait… This is a dream too, right?"
"Err… Sorry but this is real life, this isn\'t a fantasy."
"My family… Actually attacked the Young Mistress of the Nilm Family? No, no, no… This must be a mistake… They couldn\'t have… What are they going to do to them?"
Err… What is she mumbling over there about?
"Crystal? Are you alright?" I called out to her.
She actually jumped before she suddenly fell to her knees, "Mistress! Please understand that my family was misled!! If I had managed to get the message out to them, they definitely would not have attacked you! You must believe me!"
Eh? Why does she look so desperate?
I patted her on the head, "Relax, I know. I can tell that your family really cares about you which is why they did what they did. Besides, it\'s all just a misunderstanding anyway, no big deal."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
I seriously don\'t think it\'s that big of a deal but you\'re welcome?
That reminds me though…
"Is there some kind of rule that forbids you from taking off your mask?"
She paused for a moment before her face got red really quickly, "Ah… Err… That… Umm… Please don\'t laugh?"
I tilted my head, "Ok?"
She started poking her fingers together, "Umm… I made the rule that we can only show our faces to our own family and… And our lover…"
"And the reason is…?"
"Because… Because I thought that it would make us have that cool atmosphere where people wondered what we actually look like…"
…
She\'s a chuuni basically…
Cute.
"So is it a problem that you aren\'t hiding your face now?"
She clapped her hands together, "Oh! Because Mistress has accepted us into the Nilm Family, you are all considered family now so it\'s fine! Although… Err…"
Crystal paused to look at her sister who was still unconscious for some reason.
Seeing that her sister had not woken up yet, Crystal leaned a little closer to me and whispered, "Could I request that we be allowed to wear a mask to at least cover half our face when we go outside?"
"Ah… To make them think that you were being serious about the rule huh?"
"Eh? Err… I suppose you could say that…"
I shrugged, "I don\'t see why not?"
"Thank you, Mistress."
Right then, Talli stirred and she jerked awake, the first thing she saw being Crystal looking at her worriedly.
"Oh sister… I had a bad dream just now…" Talli groaned, her hand moving up to massage her temples. "I dreamt that our family actually went to attack Mistress Aster…"
"Ah… That wasn\'t a dream, Talli… We\'re going to have to get the rest to beg for their lives as well…"
Huh? Beg for their lives? What are they even talking about? Look, Talli\'s face just had all the colour drained out of it… What are you even telling her?
I was about to ask when a knock came from the door and we turned to see Vehyia standing there.
"Hey~ Just wanted to check if you guys need any help with dinn-- Are you two even cooking properly?"
The two girls let out a shocked gasp before they started running around the kitchen again.
"Ahhh!! Quickly! We still haven\'t even begun! Talli, pass me the salt!"
"Waaah! I\'m on it sister!! But the mess?!"
"Ahhh! I forgot about that! I… I\'ll clean it first then!"
"But to keep the Mistress and the others waiting?"
"Ahhh!! What do I do?!"
I waved my hand at them, "Calm down you two… Just focus on cooking ok? I\'ll clean that mess up."
"EHHH?! No, no, no! I can\'t have Mistress cleaning up the mess I made!"
I clapped my hands together, "It\'s alright, I won\'t be the one doing the actual cleaning. Eins?"
My Shadow Guard appeared before me and then proceeded to start sweeping up the floor with the broom that Talli had brought over earlier without hesitation.
Talli and Crystal were looking at Eins in shock, their bodies practically frozen in place.
"Mistress… Who is that?" Crystal asked.
"Ah, this is Eins. She\'s my Shadow Guard."
"What\'s a… Shadow Guard?"
I placed a finger on my lips, "This needs to stay hush hush, ok? You can\'t tell this to anyone else."
The two girls nodded.
"I came across an artefact that changed the way my Shadow Summon spell works and now I can summon Shadow Guards like her who possess all my skills and are capable of independent thought."
Crystal gasped, "No way! Does that mean you are capable of the legendary Shadow Duplication Technique?! This is amazing!!"
She stepped forward, her eyes sparkling as she inspected Eins from head to toe and was even marvelling at how she was working.
That was until Vehyia entered and gave her a smack on the back of the head.
"What are you doing?! Our Young Mistress had asked for dinner almost half an hour ago! Do you even have time to be wasting right now?!"
"N… No, Senior Trainer Vehyia!"
"Then get back to work!!"
"Yes, Senior Trainer Vehyia!!"
It really looked like she\'s going through boot camp or something similar…
Eins quickly finished up and I decided that perhaps me being here wasn\'t a good idea since I seem to be distracting her anyway. Thus I just told them that I would just wait outside and to call me when they were done.
Yes, I was a little bit hungry but it wasn\'t to the point that I was starving so I could wait a little while more.
The other reason I wanted to leave was because I felt the rest of my Shadow Guards\' presence which meant that they had just arrived with our new captives.
When I went outside, I found Dehyia already there directing my Shadow Guards towards the back of the manor where they were transferring the ninja wannabes down some stairs and into the basement.
All of them were still unconscious so there was no fuss involved.
Dehyia quickly noticed my presence and came up to me, "Young Mistress. Is something the matter?"
"Eh? Not at all. Is everything alright here?"
"Quite so, Young Mistress. Thank you for bringing them to the back of the manor Young Mistress. We shall begin the questioning as soon as they are secured."
"Ah… Err… Don\'t be too hard on them, ok? This was all just caused by a misunderstanding so if we could figure out who might be trying to sabotage Crystal,. That would be good enough."
"As you wish, Young Mistress. Although I have to ask if we would be allowed to bring Crystal and her sister over should there be a need to?"
"Eh? Of course you can? Aren\'t you their trainers anyway?"
"That is correct, but they serve under you directly, Young Mistress. We would not dare to presume we have the authority over them outside of training.
You girls are really too serious…
Maybe that\'s why Crystal and Talli are like that?
Hmm… Perhaps I could go watch their training sometime…