444,
"If I accidentally kill someone as a doctor, what should I do?!"
"Well... just let them die~"
"..."
In the carriage, recalling the master's smirk from earlier, Cyclone crossed his hands and sat facing Yuna.
"Really, what is that old man up to..."
With no master, no master's wife, only Cyclone and Yuna, along with a driver sent from the client's side.
The carriage was weaving through the streets, heading towards the planned destination.
"Damn it! Leaving tomorrow, this is too sudden..."
Accompanying Cyclone, Yuna knew very well what this man was thinking.
Unyielding to those who didn't care, yet overly anxious towards those they cared for.
"Darling, did you already know?"
Facing Cyclone's question, Yuna smiled slightly.
Yes, Yuna had known all along.
But Yuna had kept quiet because of a promise made to Cyclone's master.
"I just found out as well."
When Yuna said she knew, she meant about the master moving out.
"Oh... you really didn't hide it from me?"
Doubted, but Yuna still wore a face of innocence.
"I didn't hide it from you~"
Yuna spoke half-truths, because Cyclone didn't know, so he wouldn't ask Yuna.
Since he wouldn't ask, Yuna didn't need to answer.
Naturally, if Yuna didn't tell Cyclone, it wouldn't be considered "concealing," only simply not having the chance to bring it up.
Yuna placed her hand on Cyclone's thigh, trying to comfort him.
"What you need is to grow, just as your master said!"
"..."
"No matter what happens, I will be with you."
"..."
"Darling..."
"Hmm?"
"I've said before, don't lie to me."
With Cyclone's remark, the atmosphere immediately turned heavy.
This kind of innocent pressure was nothing to Yuna who had been trained for it.
However, Cyclone had never broken their agreement with Yuna.
Never deceiving each other.
Cyclone had kept that promise.
And because he did, his earlier words were far more damaging than any attack Yuna could withstand.
"I... did not lie to you."
Caught in Cyclone's gaze, Yuna truly didn't want to lie.
"Is it because... I didn't ask you?"
But in the next moment, Cyclone had already seen through Yuna.
Days of sharing a bed together weren't fake, and when both body and soul were laid bare to each other, they knew each other's thoughts.
So Cyclone didn't blame Yuna; she kept silent for her own sake.
But Cyclone still wanted to know the truth.
"Hmm."
Yuna answered, the right question receiving the right answer.
Because Yuna wouldn't lie to Cyclone, he needed to ask the right questions to get the right answers.
"Do I really have to keep asking like this?"
"..."
"Not..."
The answer exceeded Cyclone's expectations.
Yuna believed that Cyclone should know and had the right to know the truth.
But for other reasons, there was enough for Yuna to not want Cyclone to know.
In that case, Cyclone wanted to know even more.
"I may not know the reasons, but can I at least know the cause?"
Cyclone phrased it in a different way.
"..."
Yuna did not answer immediately, it seemed Cyclone had found a breakthrough.
"Even this reason, can't I know that either?"
"Your master said he didn't want you to stray on the path of medicine."
"Just that?"
"Yeah."
"Do you think I will stray?"
"No, I..."
When Yuna looked at Cyclone again, Cyclone's eyes had already revealed the answer.
"From the very beginning, I was already on the wrong path."
Cyclone's confession, every word was a carefully considered decision.
"So, I cannot stray further."
After a period of silence, Cyclone spoke again.
"Is it because of... your master's wife?"
Looking outside the carriage, Cyclone voiced the suspicion in his heart.
"Yeah."
"Your master's wife... is a dead person, right?"
"Yeah."
"Is your master's decision to move related to this?"
"Yeah."
Cyclone had no magic, so he couldn't sense it.
But Yuna had known the truth since their first meeting.
One-fifth was demon, four-fifths was the Source of Darkness.
The final fifth, was Shiva.
By forming a contract with monsters, at some cost trading the appearance of the woman who once loved Alice to Shiva, controlling her, and ultimately revealing the past lover in the form of a living being.
That was the darkness of that man.
"Wife, let's leave it at that."
Suddenly, Cyclone changed his tone.
"I won't ask any further, but I will punish you for not telling me anything."
Cyclone gave up on further questioning, which might have been a good thing.
"Okay, what do you want as punishment?"
"Hmph~ From today onwards, for the next week, I will not practice swordsmanship with you."
"..."
Yuna was momentarily speechless, not expecting this to be Cyclone's punishment.
"And I will have lovey-dovey moments in front of you with that perverted girl!"
Yuna smiled while clapping.
"This punishment is quite harsh, isn't it~"
"Hmph! Next time..."
Ignoring Yuna's smile, Cyclone looked back outside the carriage.
"Don't hide anything from me anymore."
