Chapter 448: Instructions
After Sensei wrapped up, she exited the school building, and we waited for her at the entrance. There weren’t many kids going out at that time since the only people left in the school by now would be busy with club work. She checked her phone and started fiddling with it before she called someone.
"Where are you?" she said, looking a little annoyed. "You know this is why we always have to rush to our objectives. Be more punctual, you idiot."
"Iwaguchi-san?" I asked, and she nodded her head. I looked to my side, seeing Ai holding onto my arm tightly as she rested her head on my shoulder.
After five or so minutes, we heard the revving of a car rushing right at our school entrance as it finally stopped in front of probably almost killing those brakes. We looked inside to find Iwaguchi-san sitting in the driver’s seat with a big smile on his face. Natsumi-san went and sat in the passenger seat, and we both sat in the back. Now that I think about it, this is a different car from the one we saw last time. I decided not to really ask about it since he was getting lectured by Natsumi-san the moment she sat down.
He pressed his foot on the accelerator and we started to be on the way to the VEO. On the way, we chatted here and there which was mostly catching up with Iwaguchi-san. He did say he brought some souvenirs for me and Ai, but forgot to bring them with him today since he left in a hurry.
"No need to worry about that, Iwaguchi-san. Even though you didn’t have to bring anything for us," I said, and he shrugged me off.
"Come on now, it’s not every day I get to do something nice for you kids," he said, insisting on bringing them.
"If you are so adamant on it, bring it the day after when you help them move," Natsumi-san said, and both our heads perked up. We looked at each other and back at her, not sure how to even reply to it. I was worried about how Ai would react, given how much attached she is to the place, so throwing the date down on us is a little too much. "Things have changed; you two can not live there for much longer," she said.
I grabbed Ai’s hand firmly, and she locked eyes with me. I know she was not too happy with parting with that place. If anything, I know for sure she wanted to live there all her life with me. She did mention it to us some days ago, but I still thought we wouldn’t have to hurry that much. "Is it to keep Kazu-kun safe?" Ai asked her.
"No other reason would make me force you to do something like this," she said, and Ai nodded her head.
"Okay, then we will move," she said.
"Are you sure about this, Ai?" I asked, still not convinced she truly wanted this. To that, she just faced me and shone a bright smile at me.
"There is nothing more important to me than Kazu-kun’s safety," she said and hugged me tight. "So, he doesn’t have to worry too much about me."
"Don’t worry, this won’t be permanent. The moment things are safe, we will make your apartment a lot more secure and better monitor it before letting you move in again. I can’t really deal with you flirting all day right before my eyes," Natsumi-san said, holding her head.
"I will cook plenty of food for you, Natsumi-san," I said.
"Stay here your entire life, you are always welcome," she replied immediately, and we all had a nice laugh out of that response, much to her dismay.
We finally arrived at the VEO and stepped into the building. All eyes were on us, and to be more specific, Natsumi-san and Iwaguchi-san. They all looked at them with admiration, and some people even whispered amongst them excitedly. The moment their eyes fell on me and Ai, their reaction changed quite a bit. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it felt like pity.
"Oh, right, Akira," I called for the noble, and she arrived right beside us in her usual attire.
"Is it time, Kazuki-sama?" she asked, and I nodded my head. We five entered the elevator and Natsumi-san pressed the button for the medical floor. Reaching the floor, she scanned her card against the scanner and fiddled with it a little as all the UV lights were turned off in the corridor.
We stepped into the medical floor, and as we entered a room, I saw a figure rushing in our direction at the speed of a missile, which was aimed in my direction. The missile jumped and was on a path to land right on me, but was pushed away by Ai. She glared at the person who landed right before us, while the person had a little pout on her face.
"Come on now, Ai-chan. I just wanted to greet Kazu-chan, that’s all," she said, pouting, but calling me by a nickname made her Ai even more annoyed. She clung to my arm and glared at ama while sticking out her tongue.
"Mine," she kept muttering all the while. Ama looked very amused by this display.
"Looks like you are back to normal," she said, and her eyes fell on Akira. "Hello, Kira-chan."
"Kira-chan?" we all said in unison and stared at the noble while she also looked quite confused by the sudden nickname.
"Good afternoon, Ama-sama," she said respectfully, bowing, ignoring the nickname from earlier.
"Okay, the ladies, please go in the room next door and get changed for getting your blood drawn, and Kazu-chan, follow me," she said, but Ai stuck to me like glue. She didn’t want to budge even an inch away from me, her gaze shooting daggers at Ama.
"I don’t like that woman," she said.
After Natsumi-san had to pull her away from me after a long struggle of just trying to convince her verbally, Ai made my way to the room to change. I undressed and put on the gown like always, and luckily, Ama did not insist on helping me with the change. I went out and sat down in the giant, scary-looking machine as I got poked with needles, scanned in all sorts of ways, and my entire body was checked from the inside out.
"Isn’t it a little more than usual?" I asked Ama who was on the other side of the mirror.
"Since Kazu-chan’s body will be changing a lot faster, we need to have more samples of each stage and scans so we have a full understanding of his body," she explained, which seemed to make enough sense to me.
Now that I think about it, Ai didn’t really drink my blood yesterday or this morning. I don’t know how skipping a day of not feeding from me would affect her, but I made a mental note to let her drink from me later today. Not like she will be able to refuse that offer.
I continued to be examined in the machine, and I’m pretty sure it had been a long time since I had been in this. A lot more of my blood was drawn than usual, multiple scans were taken of my body, and most of them focused on a particular part of my body. I don’t know how doing that many scans will help, but I am not really going to question Ama much in her field of expertise. I am also curious about what is happening to me, so it was only natural that I was looking forward to the results.
"And we are done, please rest a little before you get out of that Kazu-chan," Ama said from the speaker. "We have drawn a good amount of your blood."
"Really? I don’t feel that dizzy though," I said, getting out of the seat and feeling nothing wrong with my body. I stared at her from the other side of the glass, and she looked confused about what had just happened. "Is everything okay?"
"Your regeneration has been a little quicker than we expected. How much blood are you drinking every day?" she asked me, and I thought about it. From what I remember, I used to drink a normal amount of Akira and Ai every day. It was only twice that I went overboard.
"A normal amount? I don’t know," I said. "But I did drink a little too much from Ai and Akira on two different occasions some days ago. I’m trying to hold back my urges."
"I see," Ama said, and I saw her walk away from the mirror to the other room, and I was left in the dark about what happened.
"Please head to the changing room to change into your normal clothes and wait in there until you are told to," another voice said from the speaker, and I did as I was told. I still didn’t understand what was the reason for such a reaction from Ama, but it seemed like it was not a good thing that I was able to recover that quickly.
Did I do something too weird?
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